Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) today announced the launch of its first 'Toyota Driving School' (TDS) here "in pursuance of its deep-rooted safety mission." This is the company's first driving school in India and will be managed by Nippon Toyota-- region's leading Toyota authorised dealership and service facility.
The driving school was inaugurated by State Fisheries Minister K Babu, Naomi Ishii, Managing Director, Toyota Kirloskar Motor and Babu Moopan, Chairman and Managing Director, Nippon Motors, a company release said.
Speaking on the occasion Naomi Ishii said, "Today is an important day for Toyota as we are launching our pilot driving school in this beautiful state of Kerala. For us, this is a big opportunity to come closer to you with a solution for one of the biggest challenges our country is facing today - road safety."
He said Toyota is committed to ensuring safer driving experience in India. "We believe everyone deserves to be safe and this is what drives us to make great cars which stand for safety and quality. It is our endeavour to ensure that we not only make safest cars but also make sure that each one of you becomes the safest driver," he said.
Launched in line with the company's vision of "Safest car with safest driver", TDS, as an institute, will place extreme importance on making every student a responsible and safe driver, the company said. "The curriculum will be a comprehensive training program that will boast of high quality, practical and futuristic training models like the driver simulator mechanism which is expected to deliver the "Etios Experience", it said.
Source: PTI
