The Traffic Department has asked all driving schools to adopt the new colour pattern in three months, it is learnt. The colour will be a combination of orange and white, with an additional shade of maroon in the front and back of the vehicle. To help identify easily, the cars will have roof lights similar to those on the taxis, showing the English letter ‘L’, an internationally accepted symbol for driving school vehicles. Sources from a leading driving school confirmed yesterday that the school had received a circular from the Traffic Department regarding the change. “We have been asked to change the colours of our cars in three months and have started working on that. The new colours have been selected after a study by the Traffic Department with feedback from experts and the public,” a senior official of the school told this daily yesterday. The idea behind uniform colours is to make the cars easily identifiable. Currently, different driving schools are using different colours for their vehicles. Quoting a source from the Traffic Department, local Arabic daily Al Rayah said yesterday that orange had been selected as the dominant colour since it is recognised internationally as the colour representing something temporary. This indicates that the trainees in the cars are not trainees all the time and are supposed to become licensed drivers soon. The change in the colour pattern also aims to raise standards of driving school vehicles to international levels and improve their look and image, said the daily. Though all cars will have uniform colours, they can be distinguished from those belonging to other driving schools by the name and logo of the school inscribed on the doors in a white shade. Cars will also carry a warning with the letter ‘L’ in English and its Arabic equivalent on the back bumper below the number plate. The daily published pictures of a car in the new colours belonging to a leading driving school. Most schools are also preparing to implement the electronic assessment system mandated by the Traffic Department, that will replace manual supervision of driving tests by police.

The Traffic Department has asked all driving schools to adopt the new colour pattern in three months, it is learnt.

The colour will be a combination of orange and white, with an additional shade of maroon in the front and back of the vehicle.

To help identify easily, the cars will have roof lights similar to those on the taxis, showing the English letter ‘L’, an internationally accepted symbol for driving school vehicles.

Sources from a leading driving school confirmed yesterday that the school had received a circular from the Traffic Department regarding the change.

“We have been asked to change the colours of our cars in three months and have started working on that. The new colours have been selected after a study by the Traffic Department with feedback from experts and the public,” a senior official of the school told this daily yesterday.

The idea behind uniform colours is to make the cars easily identifiable. Currently, different driving schools are using different colours for their vehicles.

Quoting a source from the Traffic Department, local Arabic daily Al Rayah said yesterday that orange had been selected as the dominant colour since it is recognised internationally as the colour representing something temporary.

This indicates that the trainees in the cars are not trainees all the time and are supposed to become licensed drivers soon. The change in the colour pattern also aims to raise standards of driving school vehicles to international levels and improve their look and image, said the daily.

Though all cars will have uniform colours, they can be distinguished from those belonging to other driving schools by the name and logo of the school inscribed on the doors in a white shade.

Cars will also carry a warning with the letter ‘L’ in English and its Arabic equivalent on the back bumper below the number plate.

The daily published pictures of a car in the new colours belonging to a leading driving school.

Most schools are also preparing to implement the electronic assessment system mandated  by the Traffic Department, that will replace manual supervision of driving tests by police.