The newspaper writes that since January 2021, the number of driving schools in Russia has decreased by about 15%. “News”With reference to the data of the analytical service “Kontur.Focus”.
According to the platform, from January 2021 to March 2023, the number of driving schools in Russia decreased from 7 thousand to 5.96 thousand.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs commented that last year 672 driving schools made a conclusion about the suitability of the training and material base for the traffic police, while in 2021 764 driving schools made such a conclusion. This document is issued to driving schools every five years, and without it it is impossible to work.
According to the director general of AutoDriver driving school, Mikhail Borodachev told the newspaper that this business sector is going through tough times due to sanctions, withdrawal of foreign companies and rising prices of cars and spare parts. He explained that the number of Russians who can get an education is decreasing.
“Fewer students means less income, and we have to pay for building rents, shuttle cars,” he said, adding that driving courses are a self-sufficient business and there is no outside funding.
Previously, the cleaner of the driving school allocated 700 thousand rubles promises to help students to qualify.