Tread carefully: A variety of testing tracks are used across the country, including Bengaluru, to test drivers’ skills before issuance of licences. more-inObtaining a driver’s licence will become tougher come next year with the Delhi Transport Department in the process of instituting technology-based automated tests for drivers before granting these by mid-2018. These include CCTV-monitored driving tracks in addition to fixing cameras on the dashboards of drivers being tested as well as attaching special computer hardware to test the driver’s skills. Different varieties of testing tracks are used across the country to test drivers’ skills before issuance of licences. In Ahmedabad for instance, two-wheeler driving test tracks, up-gradient test tracks, 8-shaped test tracks, reverse parallel parking test tracks, reverse ‘S’ test tracks and full test tracks are in operation.

Source: The Hindu October 23, 2017 20:15 UTC