Bhubaneswar: Commerce & Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu on Wednesday inaugurated the Automated Driving Testing System (ADTS) at six locations– Angul, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sundergarh, Keonjhar and Ganjam.
According to an official press release, under the 5T initiative, ADTS is going to be implemented to help reduce accidents by ensuring that only qualified aspirants receive driving licenses.
This objective and automated testing process for driving licenses will make it more efficient and transparent compared to manual testing procedures. In due course of time, this ADTS will be implemented at all RTO offices in the State.
Further under 5T initiatives, foundation stones were laid for 23 proposed Truck Terminal locations by the Commerce and Transport Minister.
Worth mentioning under the ADTS system, high-end cameras will be installed which will capture every detail of an applicant during his/her driving license test. The software will declare the results based on the details captured by the cameras and will either pass or fail an applicant based on his/her skills. Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has developed a software to make the entire driving license test process automated.
Roadside illegal parking is a significant cause of road accidents. Over the past 2-3 years accidents involving parked vehicles on the side of the road accounted for 2207 accidents and 852 fatalities. Heavy motor vehicles are parked on the roadside due to inadequate parking facilities within the districts. Long-route drivers experience stress due to lack of sufficient sleep, and this is a significant contributor to road accidents. For this, the Commerce & Transport Department is going to construct Truck Terminals across the state to provide basic amenities along with cargo loading and unloading, fueling etc. facilities to the drivers.
The Minister said that the Transport Department has initiated many initiatives starting from proper training and testing of drivers to having a resting place for long route drivers along with distribution of free tea to drivers during late night to early morning to avoid drowsiness of drivers.
She requested everyone to follow road safety rules to make Odisha an accident-free State and to be the “Sarathi” of New Odisha.
