'1.43m vehicles registered in Jordan'

By JT - Mar 21,2016 - Last updated at Mar 21,2016

AMMAN — The number of vehicles registered in the Kingdom until the end of February is equal to 61 per cent of the total number of licensed drivers, according to Driver and Motor Vehicle Licensing Department figures.

Until the end of February, there were around 1.43 million vehicles registered in the Kingdom, compared to approximately 2.327 million driving licences of all types, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, quoted the department's director, Brig. Gen. Inad Rkeibat, as saying.

Since the beginning of 2016, some 17,448 new vehicles entered the records of the department for the first time, whereas 163,037 vehicle licences were renewed, at a daily rate of 3,197 licenses, according to Rkeibat.

The technical committees at the department tested around 260,209 vehicles, he said, adding that the department issued 29,175 new driver licences over the past two months.

Figures cited by Petra also revealed that during the last two months, 55 per cent out of 35,000 applicants passed the theoretical driving licence exam, and 41 per cent out of 50,000 applicants passed the practical exam.

Rkeibat said an average of 572 first time driver licences are issued on a daily basis.

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