RTD to punish driving schools if ex-students are bad motorists

The Road Transport Department (RTD) will suspend or revoke the permits of driving institutes if many of their former students are found to have committed traffic offences and have been involved in road accidents.

RTD director-general Zailani Hashim said the move would be done by placing a code on the driving licence to detect which institute the traffic offenders received their training from.

However, he said, the method...