President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the conference call government meeting on reforms in school education, ordered to set up harsher liability for allowing minors to drive, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov reported.
In provinces, especially in Namangan, cases of teens renting cars have become more frequent, as a result of which 10-15 young people are getting injured every month. Many cases are fatal, the head of state underscored.
The president expressed concern and pointed out the negligent attitude to this problem of law enforcement officials, including the chiefs of police departments, provincial and district attorneys.
The Ministry of Preschool and School Education has been instructed to switch the entire system to 90-Day Emergency Regimen.
Earlier, the office of the children's ombudsperson underscored that a common problem in Uzbekistan is cases of teenagers driving cars, and the measures taken to ensure the safety of children on the roads were not enough.
