Number of licenses issued by Pune RTO dropped this year

The number of tuition, permanent and international licenses issued by the Pune Regional Transport Office (RTO) this year has dropped compared to the last few years. One of the reasons for this is that Punekars do not want to take licensing exams.

Every citizen who rides a bike or drives a car is required to have an appropriate driving licence, where the learning driving license testing department has been set up at Sangamwadi RTO and the permanent driving license testing department has been set up at the sensor-based track of the Institute. Driving Education and Research (IDTR).

However, according to data provided by Pune RTO, a total of 139,819 permanent licenses were issued in 2022; This was followed by 132,944 licenses in 2023; and 85,560 licenses by November 22 this year. Similarly, a total of 281,374 education licenses were issued in 2022; followed by 277,904 people in 2023; and 183,547 in 2024.

Learning license test for both two-wheelers and four-wheelers is conducted at Sangamwadi RTO or the applicant can give the test online from home. For permanent two-wheeler driving licence, the applicant needs to go to Phulewadi RTO office on Alandi Road; and has to go to IDTR test track at Bhosari Phata Chowk for permanent four-wheeler licence. The IDTR track comes under the Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) and has been operational from March 2015. There are three different types of tracks; ‘8’ shaped track to check turning skills; ‘H’ shaped track to observe reverse driving skills; and slope path to check whether the driver is skilled enough to control the vehicle on the slope. Most applicants are newly trained drivers and have no experience driving on such tracks, hence the high number of unsuccessful applicants. The computerized system is connected to sensors that allow the driver to accurately read his skills and is given a pass or fail result accordingly.

Since citizens find the four-wheeler permanent driver’s license exam difficult, many people fail this exam and therefore cannot get a driver’s license. “I gave the permanent driving license test at IDTR last month but failed as the sensor-based test is difficult and we have to drive according to the rules,” said Mandar Pharande, a citizen.

Deputy regional transport officer Swapnil Bhosale said: “Of course, the number of licenses issued this year has decreased compared to the last two years, but we appeal to all citizens, and especially young people, to get a suitable driving license and only then ride a bike or bicycle.” driving a car. “If they violate traffic rules or have an accident, action will be taken against both them and their parents if it is determined that they are underage and still driving.”