Is the driving school registration fee paid to the vehicle management office?
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The examination fee, also known as the testing fee, is collected by the vehicle management office and is a government non-tax revenue approved by the pricing department. The wages of the safety officers are paid by the driving school that owns the examination site, as most examination sites belong to a specific driving school, while the management and use of the examination site fall under the jurisdiction of the vehicle management office. The following is an introduction to driving schools and the vehicle management office: 1. Introduction one: Driving schools are only responsible for training, while the vehicle management office is responsible for examinations and issuing certificates. The administrative department of driving schools is not the vehicle management office but the transportation management bureau. 2. Introduction two: The vehicle management office is primarily responsible for handling motor vehicle registration, modification, transfer, mortgage, and cancellation, as well as the application, replacement, renewal, and verification of motor vehicle driving licenses, along with other related services for vehicles and drivers. 3. Introduction three: Driving schools are training institutions that enable individuals to master driving skills, teach them safe and civilized driving, and assist them in passing the examinations conducted by the vehicle management department to obtain a driving license. According to directory classification, they should be categorized as training units within the transportation industry. However, due to their high degree of marketization, a more reasonable classification would be as service industry units within the tertiary sector.
When I was getting my driver's license, I also struggled with this issue. Later, I figured out that the driving school enrollment fee is mainly paid to the driving school, not directly to the DMV. The driving school collects this money to cover the services they provide, such as instructor salaries, venue usage, vehicle fuel costs, and other teaching expenses. The DMV separately charges exam fees, which are usually paid just before taking the subject exams. In some places, this fee is directly scanned and paid into the traffic management department's system. So, the few thousand yuan tuition fee you see on the enrollment form actually includes two parts: the driving school service fee and the exam proxy fee. The driving school essentially manages the exam fee for you and transfers it on your behalf when you're ready to take the exam.
When registering for a driving school, most of the enrollment fee goes to the driving school. The driving school I enrolled in said the tuition includes fees for 65 hours of training. The vehicle management office is only responsible for the examination process, such as the computer-based test fee for Subject 1 and the venue fee for Subject 2, which are paid on-site at the exam. Nowadays, in many places, exam fees are paid directly through the official app "Traffic Management 12123" without going through the driving school for transfers. However, be aware that some small driving schools may bundle the exam fees into the tuition and pay them collectively to the vehicle management system before the exam.
