NO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR WILL BE PRESENT DURING DRIVING SKILL TEST
(The Quiver) : Driving Skill test will be conducted without Motor vehicle Inspector. Transport Department will soon upgrade its driving test system, where the decision on your driving ability will be taken by camera, sensor and computer, instead of a human being.
In order to reduce the number of road accidents and bring down manual checking, human interference, manipulation ,the department is going to establish Automated Driving Test System (ADTS) across various locations in the state. A tender has been floated for the same, after the tender is passed ,the existing manual driving test system for issuing licence would be computerised.
As mentioned by State Transport Authority, “The system will not only check the applicant’s driving skills but also ensure transparency while issuing licenses”.
In the first phase, ADTS will be set up in driving testing track of 19 RTOs– Angul, Baripada, Bhadrak, Balangir, Deoagarh, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Phulbani, Rairangpur, Rourkela, Sundergarh, Talcher, Keonjhar, Malkangiri, Nuapada, Bhanjanagar, Nabarangpur and Sonepur.
Sensors will be placed along the tracks and the driving skill of an applicant will be judged on parameters like seat belt, path change, lane driving, stop line, up-gradient, forward-8, reverse-S and traffic junctions. The waiting area will be equipped with a LED Television which will continuously play ‘pass’ and ‘fail’ videos for LMV and Motorcycle. The television will also display an informative video of driving test procedure along with road safety awareness videos.
