Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Saturday said poor training of drivers and low standards for licence allocation are the reasons behind indiscipline on roads. He was inaugurating a traffic park at Roshanara Bagh in the capital.
He went on saying that the single biggest reason for poor discipline on roads are poor pre-licensing and low standard training system of the driver.
Sharing his experience, Mr Kumar said that in countries like Japan, driving licences are given by the private sector and the government has no involvement in it. “And you will be surprised to know that it is easier to get a graduation degree in Japan than to get a driving licence. There the private licensing schools have created such high standards in training that the government has full faith in them. This is the kind of culture in road safety and driving existing in Japan,” said the top cop.
When asked about the problem of waterlogging in Delhi after Saturday’s downpour, Mr Kumar denied any negligence on part of the police.
“I won’t say it is negligence on part of the police but our work is to raise the issue and take it to the higher authorities,” he said.
Quizzed on whether traffic fines should be increased to improve road safety, Mr Kumar replied in the affirmative but said it is not the ultimate solution.
A joint initiative of the Delhi traffic police and Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt Ltd, the newly inaugurated traffic trainingpark is spread over an area of 2.06 acres.