Penza, 15 March 2013. PenzaNews. The number of road users grows by 8% in the Penza region annually. This was announced by the head of the traffic police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Penza region Sergey Buylov during a meeting with reporters at the press center of news agency PenzaNews on Friday, March 15.

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“22,5 thousand driver’s licenses were issued in the region in 2012. Based on previous years’ data, we get 8% drivers more every year,” he said.

He noted that the number of vehicles is growing slower.

“As of 1 January 2013, 448 thousand vehicles were registered in the Penza region. A year earlier, the number did not exceed 424 thousand, in other words, in 12 months the number of vehicles in the region increased by 5,6%. According to recent reports, a monthly increase is 1,987 units,” Sergey Buylov specified.

According to him, it can be predicted that in a short time every third resident of the Penza region will have a car.

“As for Penza, there are 157 thousand vehicles registered here, which is 6% more than a year ago,” the head of the traffic police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Penza region commented.