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Inspectors to keep a tab on new drivers

Driving inspectors are the latest to jump into the digitial age, as Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority hands out tablet computers on which they will assess people sitting for their driving tests.

The iPads have been distributed to driving inspectors at several testing centres around Dubai, though the RTA says the rest will follow. Sultan Al Marzouqi, Director of the Drivers Licensing Department at RTA, said his department “saw a need” to upgrade technology to keep pace with developments in the world, the RTA and other technological leaders in Dubai.

The tablets, which would be used by inspectors in practical tests, would ease the testing procedures.

“By recording observations and errors committed by the trainee during the test in a very accurate and clear manner than the old handwriting method on paper, these tablets can calculate all errors, once connected to the Internet they are directly linked to the electronic traffic system and show the final result of the trainee.”

Those being tested can also get a printed result sheet in Arabic and English, which will display all errors committed during the test to help them improve on areas of weakness and prepare for future tests. The tablet tests would also keep track of the time taken to complete the test.

Al Marzouqi pointed out that in the coming period the iPad tablets would be distributed to the rest of the driving centres with its branches in Dubai, in order to improve the services provided to the public “so that we are pioneers in the utilisation of this advanced technology in the training centres”.

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