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THE Ministry of Interior (MoI), represented by the General Directorate of Traffic, launched the unified Driving Training System (DTS) and Monitoring Centre at the Traffic department headquarters in Madina Khalifa on Tuesday.
The automated DTS and monitoring centre will be supervised by the Licensing Department of the Traffic department. It will help improve drivers’ training and reduce road accidents.
The inaugural ceremony was attended by Assistant Director of Public Security Major-General Abdullah Mohammed al Suwaidi, Director-General of Traffic Major-General Mohammed Saad al Kharji, Secretary of the National Traffic Safety Committee Brigadier Mohammed Abdullah al Malki and Director of Engineering and Traffic Safety Department Brigadier Mohammed Abdul Rahim Marafih.
Departmental heads of the MoI and Traffic department officers also attended the event.
In his speech at the opening ceremony, Major-General Kharji expressed his pleasure in launching the unified Driving Training System, hoping that the electronic system would contribute to bringing out well-trained drivers, by ensuring impartiality and transparency of tests and results.
“The decline in the number of road accidents and fatalities in the recent times is not a coincidence, but the result of such collective efforts,” Kharji said.
He said the new system facilitates different stages of the training process right from registration at the driving school to obtaining a driver’s licence, adopting 18 languages with text, audio and video contents to deal with learners of different linguistic affiliations.
He pointed out that the trainee can also express his observations about the trainer and the training process through the DTS app. He stressed that the training hours will be strictly monitored through the system.
DTS will ensure the trainees are given 45 minutes of classes.
He said the learner will also be able to identify the errors by watching the test screens on the dashboard of DTS.
Kharji said the DTS is the first of its kind in the region, which ensures monitoring of all driving schools in the country, both during training and during theoretical and practical tests.
“Most driving school cars are well-equipped to keep pace with the DTS and by the end of the year, all driving schools will witness a 100 percent upgrade to the system without the need for human intervention,” Kharji noted.
Brig Engineer Mohammed Abdullah al Malki said, “The transparent training and evaluation system will lead to making good drivers. Besides, the presence of trainee driver alone in the car, without the presence of a police officer next to him, will ease the learner’s stress while he is tested.”
The Assistant Director of Traffic Awareness Department at the General Directorate of Traffic, Lt Col Jaber Mohammed Odeiba said the new system would reduce human errors in the evaluation of tests.
Lt Col Jaber noted that the General Directorate of Traffic has also launched an automated 24 hours call centre (2344444), which will enable residents to inquire about the services in their preferred language.
Head of the Drivers’ Licensing Section Lt Col Salem Fahd al Marri said the General Directorate of Traffic supervises the training of around 25,000 trainees per month at the nine driving schools in the country. It also ensures the validity of more than 1,200 cars used in the training process and monitors around 1,000 trainers.
Lt Col Marri added that the learners would be able to know their training schedule, the status of their trainers, replacement if the trainer is on leave and so on.
He can register complaints or comment about the trainer using DTS, which will be looked into and solved within 48 hours.
The trainee can attend the theoretical test using his DTS on his mobile phone or IPad given by the driving school.
Doha
THE Ministry of Interior (MoI), represented by the General Directorate of Traffic, launched the unified Driving Training System (DTS) and Monitoring Centre at the Traffic department headquarters in Madina Khalifa on Tuesday.
The automated DTS and monitoring centre will be supervised by the Licensing Department of the Traffic department. It will help improve drivers’ training and reduce road accidents.
The inaugural ceremony was attended by Assistant Director of Public Security Major-General Abdullah Mohammed al Suwaidi, Director-General of Traffic Major-General Mohammed Saad al Kharji, Secretary of the National Traffic Safety Committee Brigadier Mohammed Abdullah al Malki and Director of Engineering and Traffic Safety Department Brigadier Mohammed Abdul Rahim Marafih.
Departmental heads of the MoI and Traffic department officers also attended the event.
In his speech at the opening ceremony, Major-General Kharji expressed his pleasure in launching the unified Driving Training System, hoping that the electronic system would contribute to bringing out well-trained drivers, by ensuring impartiality and transparency of tests and results.
“The decline in the number of road accidents and fatalities in the recent times is not a coincidence, but the result of such collective efforts,” Kharji said.
He said the new system facilitates different stages of the training process right from registration at the driving school to obtaining a driver’s licence, adopting 18 languages with text, audio and video contents to deal with learners of different linguistic affiliations.
He pointed out that the trainee can also express his observations about the trainer and the training process through the DTS app. He stressed that the training hours will be strictly monitored through the system.
DTS will ensure the trainees are given 45 minutes of classes.
He said the learner will also be able to identify the errors by watching the test screens on the dashboard of DTS.
Kharji said the DTS is the first of its kind in the region, which ensures monitoring of all driving schools in the country, both during training and during theoretical and practical tests.
“Most driving school cars are well-equipped to keep pace with the DTS and by the end of the year, all driving schools will witness a 100 percent upgrade to the system without the need for human intervention,” Kharji noted.
Brig Engineer Mohammed Abdullah al Malki said, “The transparent training and evaluation system will lead to making good drivers. Besides, the presence of trainee driver alone in the car, without the presence of a police officer next to him, will ease the learner’s stress while he is tested.”
The Assistant Director of Traffic Awareness Department at the General Directorate of Traffic, Lt Col Jaber Mohammed Odeiba said the new system would reduce human errors in the evaluation of tests.
Lt Col Jaber noted that the General Directorate of Traffic has also launched an automated 24 hours call centre (2344444), which will enable residents to inquire about the services in their preferred language.
Head of the Drivers’ Licensing Section Lt Col Salem Fahd al Marri said the General Directorate of Traffic supervises the training of around 25,000 trainees per month at the nine driving schools in the country. It also ensures the validity of more than 1,200 cars used in the training process and monitors around 1,000 trainers.
Lt Col Marri added that the learners would be able to know their training schedule, the status of their trainers, replacement if the trainer is on leave and so on.
He can register complaints or comment about the trainer using DTS, which will be looked into and solved within 48 hours.
The trainee can attend the theoretical test using his DTS on his mobile phone or IPad given by the driving school.
