Automated driving test track at Mayur Vihar opens today
Sidharatha Roy | TNN | Updated: Mar 6, 2019, 08:02 IST
Representative imageNEW DELHI: Getting a driving licence is going to get tough for Mayur Vihar residents from Wednesday after the automated driving test track opens. Delhi government’s transport department plans to open four other such tracks at Vishwash Nagar, Shakur Basti, Raja Garden and Burari this month.
Unlike conventional driving tests where applicants have to drive on a straight road amidst traffic and are marked by a motor vehicle inspector, the automated test tracks are able to simulate tougher driving conditions, where the applicant’s overall driving skills are tested.
The test is recorded on sensor-based CCTV cameras placed along the track. The video is live streamed in a control room and marking and evaluation is done automatically through a software. The final result is generated by the software after analysing the number of times kerbs are hit, unscheduled stops, total time taken, etc. The final marks are given by an MVI based on the result. The automated test track at Sarai Kale Khan has already resulted in nearly 50% applicants failing the test.
The automated tests including reversing a vehicle properly, driving on hairpin bends, parallel parking, driving on an incline, swerving the vehicle on loops shaped like 8, etc. While the test centre at Sarai Kale Khan is the first of its kind in Delhi, similar centres are going to come up at 11 other locations in the city.
Apart from the Sarai Kale Khan track and the five new test tracks, the other six will be developed at transport department’s facilities at Hauz Khas, Jharoda Kalan, Dwarka, Pratap Nagar, Loni Border and Rohini.
The 11 new tracks were expected to become operational by January 2019, but the department missed that deadline. However, senior transport officials say that the other six will become operational by April this year. “There was some problem with the software and there was a delay in getting permission to cut some trees at the sites,” a transport department official said. He, however, said that the pending issues have been taken care of.
Unlike conventional driving tests where applicants have to drive on a straight road amidst traffic and are marked by a motor vehicle inspector, the automated test tracks are able to simulate tougher driving conditions, where the applicant’s overall driving skills are tested.
The test is recorded on sensor-based CCTV cameras placed along the track. The video is live streamed in a control room and marking and evaluation is done automatically through a software. The final result is generated by the software after analysing the number of times kerbs are hit, unscheduled stops, total time taken, etc. The final marks are given by an MVI based on the result. The automated test track at Sarai Kale Khan has already resulted in nearly 50% applicants failing the test.
The automated tests including reversing a vehicle properly, driving on hairpin bends, parallel parking, driving on an incline, swerving the vehicle on loops shaped like 8, etc. While the test centre at Sarai Kale Khan is the first of its kind in Delhi, similar centres are going to come up at 11 other locations in the city.
Apart from the Sarai Kale Khan track and the five new test tracks, the other six will be developed at transport department’s facilities at Hauz Khas, Jharoda Kalan, Dwarka, Pratap Nagar, Loni Border and Rohini.
The 11 new tracks were expected to become operational by January 2019, but the department missed that deadline. However, senior transport officials say that the other six will become operational by April this year. “There was some problem with the software and there was a delay in getting permission to cut some trees at the sites,” a transport department official said. He, however, said that the pending issues have been taken care of.
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