• Regular In-House training programme is conducted for the benefit of the conductors and drivers to import training on aspects pertaining to road discipline, traffic rules, public behaviour coats, de-addiction etc. A permanent full time training facility is functional. Services of experts from out side are also availed for the conduct of these courses. NGO’s active in the field are also roped in this programme.
  
• The Officers and the supervisory staff are also being deputed to CIRT and other training institutions for refresher training.
  
• The drivers are encouraged for safe driving by awarding Chief Minister’s gold medals and silver medals, incentives of increments and cash awards.
  
• BMTC is first organization, which has recruited drivers following the transparency in recruitment by testing the skill scientifically in the driving track before recruitment to get better quality drivers.

The year wise drivers trained in BMTC Training Center as shown under:

Year	No. of Drivers
1997-98	7080
1998-99	12298
1999-00	21480
2000-01	26567
2001-02	27868
2002-03	28589
2003-04	30070
2004-05	36040
2005-06 (Upto Dec. –05)	30642

All the BMTC vehicles have been fitted with electrical horn and shrill air horns have been totally removed from all its fleet to give fillip for road safety.

BMTC has been continuously imparting training in a phased manner at different levels organized by the chassis manufacturers, involving experts in the field of automobile engineering. The detail furnished below indicates the training provided to Mechanical Officers and Mechanical staff duly deputing them for training outside the state/In-house to acquire the new technology.

Year	Ashok Leyland		Tata Motors		Mico Mech.Staff	CIRTPUNE	In-House
	Officer	Mech.Staff	Officer	Mech.Staff
1998-99	3	6	-	16	-	-	-
1999-00	4	52	4	32	-	-	-
2000-01	4	62	6	22	-	-	290
2001-02	3	69	-	20	-	-	101
2002-03	-	16	2	55	-	15	188
2003-04	-	52	2	51	-	13	-
2004-05	-	32	-	33	43	10	300
2005-06 (Upto Dec. –05)	-	34	-	62	4	-	446

Computerization of emission testing: The inspection of vehicles to issue PUC certificate to BMTC buses is out sourced to KSRTC to adopt the concept of third party inspection. These computerized emission testing equipments will record the vehicle number by using Web camera and the readings are taken at recommended sump oil temperature (engine oil sump) and RPM of the engine.