RTA to implement defect clearing system for heavy vehicles

RTA will shift from the conventional control and inspection of heavy vehicles to the smart monitoring by using data storage and analysis system.

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will soon be implementing the Heavy Vehicles Defects Clearing System (VDCS) to identify vehicles in compliant with the traffic policies and rules and accordingly stop offending vehicles on roads to enhance road traffic safety level.

RTA and Dubai Police officials review the implementation of Heavy Vehicle Defect Clearing System -Supplied photo

Upon its implementation, the RTA will shift from the conventional control and inspection of heavy vehicles to the smart monitoring by using data storage and analysis system, automation of inspection process through using sophisticated tablets for inspecting heavy vehicles, assessing and classifying risks of vehicle faults, setting guidelines and controls on vehicles and operators against whom major offences are reported, and issuing smart reports for assisting the analysis of factors underlying recurrence of offences and accidents.

Ahmed Hashim Bahrozyan, CEO of RTA Licensing Agency, said VDCS calculates the risk rating of the vehicle using inputs from the on-road technical testing, remote detection of faults and the annual technical inspection.

“Whenever a vehicle is inspected with no faults detected, it will be treated as compliant with the safety standards and will be awarded a rating of zero in every inspection where no faults are detected. Each inspection will be considered as a single inspection and a point will be assigned in respect of each fault or offence, based on the gravity and detected faults. All points will be listed and a final rating out of ten will be assigned in addition to a colour-coded classification,” he said.

Bahrozyan also said the system, which involves the introduction of surveillance systems and smart technologies, is intended to curb technical defects experienced by heavy vehicles, minimise traffic accidents triggered by heavy vehicles which are responsible for as much as 20 per cent of total accidents reported in Dubai, and classify the risks of vehicles and operators through adopting a mechanism for calculating the probability of a vehicle/operator’s failure to comply with the standards set by the RTA.

The implementation of the system was discussed in a recent coordinative meeting between Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), with Major-GeneralKhamis MattarAl Mazeina, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police.

At the start of the meeting, Al Tayer lauded the cooperation from the General HQ of the Dubai Police, and the enhanced coordination towards law enforcement measures in a testament of the strategic partnership between the two sides, which contributes to improving and cementing this relationship continuously in the interest of all community segments in a way that reflects positively on the economic and social development drive witnessed by Dubai.

Major-GeneralKhamis MattarAl Mazeina said that through the system, operators and owners of companies can identify attitudes of offending drivers, the operational condition of the truck, and the availability of the required safety stipulations such as the brakes, engine and tires, and accordingly take appropriate steps and decisions necessary for eliminating the occurrence of accidents or technical faults.”

“The VDCS is an integrated system of effective policies and smart technological applications that enables the RTA and the Dubai Police as well as the operators of heavy trucks to examine and analyze data pertaining to vehicle faults using vehicles & drivers risks and safety system at world-class standards,” said Bahrozyan. –lily@khaleejtimes.com