DEM files injunction against simulators.
Federal Deputy Mendonça Filho (DEM-PE) wants to suspend the resolution of the National Traffic Council (Contran) that requires Driver Training Centers (CFCs) to maintain classes using driving simulators; According to him, only four companies in the country produce simulators, in a kind of oligopoly that will generate around R$ 1,2 billion; The class action lawsuit cites the Minister of Cities, Aguinaldo Ribeiro, the director of Denatran, Morvan Cotrim Duarte, and the president of Contran, Antônio Claudio Portella Serra, as those responsible for the "unjustified and immoral" measure; If they could speak, what would the more than 40 people who die annually in traffic accidents say?
Pernambuco 247 - Federal Deputy Mendonça Filho (DEM) has filed a request for an injunction seeking to suspend the resolution of the National Traffic Council (Contran) that requires Driver Training Centers (CFCs) to maintain classes using driving simulators. The objective of the action is to annul the mandatory use of the equipment for obtaining a National Driver's License (CNH). According to Mendonça, only four companies in the country produce simulators, creating a kind of oligopoly that will move a market estimated at around R$ 1,2 billion.
The class action lawsuit cites the Minister of Cities, Aguinaldo Velloso Borges Ribeiro, the director of Denatran (National Traffic Department), Morvan Cotrim Duarte, and the president of Contran (National Traffic Council), Antônio Claudio Portella Serra, as those responsible for the "unjustified and immoral" measure. According to the parliamentarian, the opening of a special line of credit by Caixa Econômica Federal (a Brazilian bank), in the amount of R$ 500 million, is a mistake, since public money will be transferred to driving schools based on a purely administrative resolution. He alleges that the mandatory nature of the measure goes against the principles of legality, impartiality, morality, publicity, and efficiency in public administration. Those cited in the lawsuit have not commented, as they have not yet received the judicial notification on the matter.
A properly licensed simulator has an estimated average cost of around R$ 42. It is estimated that driving schools will acquire approximately 12 such devices. “There is no doubt that this cost will be passed on to the consumer, since obtaining a National Driver's License will become, on average, 30% more expensive,” said Mendonça. “It is an act of illegality and immorality perpetrated by the federal public administration, in the midst of an election year, in a country already weary of witnessing promiscuous relationships between public bodies and managers and the interests of corporations and business groups,” the parliamentarian told the Jornal do Commercio.