Training programme to teach auto drivers manners

Institute of Road Traffic Education has organised a training programme to teach auto drivers manners and polish their behaviour

Auto rickshaw commuters now have a reason to smile. The Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) has organised a training programme for the city's auto drivers, in association with a leading car manufacturer.


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The training programme will polish the behavioural pattern of auto drivers and also train them to follow road safety rules in coordination with the city traffic police.

The training programmeu00a0 has started at Upparpet police station. The presentation of the programme included video clippings of accidents worldwide and measures to prevent them.u00a0

This training programme will continue for six months at different places.

Around 1,000 plus auto drivers have already got the training.



Prashanth K G, faculty of IRTE, who is conducting the training, said, "The main aim is to educate auto drivers on road safety awareness and behaviour. Many of the auto drivers lack discipline. They drive on roads without uniform or wearing torn clothes. They don't use proper language with commuters and behave very rudely."

Prashanth informed, "When we give the pre-test to the auto drivers who come for the training programme, many of them don't know most of the answers and the result will be just 15 per cent.u00a0 We hope after the training programme there will be some improvement in them."

Shyam M, an auto rickshaw driver who came for the training ,said, "I have learnt a lot from this programme and we were unaware of so many things. The other auto drivers also should make use of this programme and gain knowledge."

Another auto driver, Shivanand, who attended the programme, said, "I gained a lot of knowledge on traffic safety and how to approach and talk to commuters. I will inform my fellow drivers about the programme and make them attend it."