The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has unveiled its smart yard initiative, which is a major phase of testing applicants for driver license. The yard is fitted with sophisticated technological devices, and a testing vehicle, which gives accurate and credible results.
The CEO of RTA Licensing Agency, Ahmed Bahrozyan, said that the smart yard is fitted with five surveillance cameras, four on the outside of the vehicle to guide the examinee to the locations of the five movements, while the fifth camera is fitted on board the test vehicle to verify the identity of the driver during the test. The vehicle is equipped with more than 20 sensors to help the examinee avoid collision in case of approaching any obstacle.
The yard is fitted with sensors and automatically transmits images of the test when the vehicle passes through them to a processor that spots mistakes made by the driver. The captured images are then transmitted to an interactive screen, in a control tower, installed in testing yard, where a staff can retrieve results and use them during assessment of the examinee.
The new smart yard is beneficial in many ways. Firstly, the examiner can monitor more than one examinee at a time, which implies reducing the number of examiners by nearly 35 percent. Meanwhile, as it can handle more applicants, the waiting list of applicants would be reduced.
Another advantage is that, earlier there were complaints from examinees that their test results are impacted by the perceptions of controversial mistakes on the part of examiners, but, this can be eliminated now.
