A Reader of ours, a driving instructor (who wishes to remain anonymous), asked us to publicise the matter. – There is a risk that Robert Tarsa, director of the Jelenia Góra Regional Road Traffic Centre, will open a WORD in Bolesławiec and then, when it turns out that our centre is unprofitable, close it and direct everyone to his own centre – the man says. – It is the director’s brilliant, diabolical plan to save his WORD in this way.
As the instructor adds, if a WORD opens in Bolesławiec, driving schools will have a problem with... cars. – In January next year, there will be no cars in either Legnica or Jelenia Góra like the ones we use for training. Legnica has a Toyota Yaris, while Jelenia Góra has Mitsubishi cars. We have neither – our interlocutor stresses. – I don’t know, should I close my business now?! Or should I choose and buy cars blindly?
Moreover, according to the instructor, this will “clog up” our entire city. And not only because exams will be available in Bolesławiec, but also because driving schools from nearby towns will train their students here. – It will be a massacre; Bolesławiec will be completely gridlocked – the man predicts.
Agnieszka Gergont, spokesperson for the Bolesławiec municipal authorities, does not share these concerns: – Residents will certainly prefer to take their driving test here rather than travel to other cities. In the past, drivers also learned to drive in Bolesławiec, and the city was not gridlocked at all.
– These are unserious accusations – says Roman Kuty, deputy head of the Jelenia Góra WORD. – Our centre has always covered the area of the former Jelenia Góra Voivodeship. And we fought to ensure that clients would have less distance to travel and would not have to make that winding journey to Jelenia Góra every time. Would we spend money creating something that we would close shortly afterwards? That makes no sense.
Robert Tarsa’s deputy reassures people: – There is no need for driving instructors to change the cars they use for training. We will be flexible and adapt to them on this matter.
Roman Kuty also addressed the issue of Bolesławiec becoming gridlocked. – The establishment of a WORD in Bolesławiec will bring this city nothing but benefits. Clients will come here and will surely stop to eat something, for example. The food-service sector will benefit from this, and more tax revenue will flow into the city’s coffers – he says. – The driving routes are easy and short; I do not think Bolesławiec will become impassable. We estimate that 40–50 people will take exams in Bolesławiec each day. If this causes traffic congestion, it will certainly be only to a minimal degree. The average person will not notice it.
We will return to this matter.
(information: ii)