Dollar Bribes for India Licenses Create World’s Deadliest Roads
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A pack of about 25 men stand outside the Mumbai Road Transport Office, waiting for driver’s license applicants to show up. Then they swarm, offering shortcuts through the bureaucracy for 3,000 rupees ($65).
“What do you want -- a driver’s license or learner’s permit without a test? It will happen,” said a man identifying himself only as Rafiq because he was breaking the law. He pays $1 bribes to officials, doctors and insurance agents to speed up license approvals, he said.