DLT introduces electronic driving test

 

 

BANGKOK, 8th June 2018 (NNT) - The Department of Land Transport (DLT) is raising the overall standard of driving tests by introducing an e-driving system developed by vocational students to ensure standardized assessment.

 

In addition to improving the quality of driving for road safety, the new technology also aligns with the government's policy of developing the potential of human resources. 

Mr. Sanit Phromwon, Director-General of the Department of Land Transport has collaborated with the Vocational Education Commission to develop prototypes for the e-driving system as a tool to standardize the assessment of driving skills across the country.

 

The collaboration encourages students studying in vocational schools under the Office of the Vocational Education Commission to develop their skills for practical use.

 

The students have also created an installation and maintenance manual, which is a great opportunity for vocational students to develop skills that are needed by technological startups in the future.

 

The e-driving system developed by vocational students uses a computer system to detect vehicle movements as opposed to an instructor overseeing the test.

 

The test consists of driving a vehicle backwards and forwards without hitting marker poles, parking by a pavement within a designated area, and reversing into a parking spot. An alarm will sound if the driver hits any obstacles. 

The DLT is piloting the e-driving system at 10 out of its 196 test centers across the country. The remaining systems will be installed by the end of the year, thereby boosting credibility in the issuance of driver's licenses according to international standards.

 

-- nnt 2018-06-08

 

 

Will this lead to a change in the lack of traffic law enforcement on the roads.

 

That's the big issue.

They just don't get it, do they?

"boosting credibility in the issuance of driver's licenses according to international standards"  

 

Not sure where they get the idea that reversing, parking and stopping in a controlled test environment is enough to meet International standards for issuing a drivers licence. Clearly, whoever dreamt up that idea needs to go overseas to see what are international standards.

Bootleg copy of "Grand Theft Auto"?

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

The remaining systems will be installed by the end of the year, thereby boosting credibility in the issuance of driver's licenses according to international standards.

Whilst I genuinely applaud the vocational students efforts, there is a long, long, way to go before 'credibility' and 'international standards' cease to become an oxymoron here.

 

5 minutes ago, madmitch said:

They just don't get it, do they?

They don't want to.

Its just one more Dog and Pony show. 

So strap on your seatbelt and take a look at the deadliest countries to drive in.

• Namibia. 45 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Thailand. 44 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Iran. 38 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Sudan. (Reuters) ...
• Swaziland. 36 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Venezuela. ...
• Congo. ...
• Malawi

 

I have a feeling this electronic driving test is really not going to help a whole lot.....

18 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

Will this lead to a change in the lack of traffic law enforcement on the roads.

 

That's the big issue.

 

14 minutes ago, madmitch said:

They just don't get it, do they?

With ever idea, procurement or study suggested and followed up comes a budget. With a budget comes immense opportunities for those associated with it.

That's why, in just about every area of official activity, there is this unending stream of frankly daft proposals and ideas. It really doesn't matter if they ever come to any sort of fruition, no one cares and often no one checks. The budget is all.

2 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

So strap on your seatbelt and take a look at the deadliest countries to drive in.

• Namibia. 45 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Thailand. 44 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Iran. 38 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Sudan. (Reuters) ...
• Swaziland. 36 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Venezuela. ...
• Congo. ...
• Malawi

 

I have a feeling this electronic driving test is really going to help a whole lot.....

That's old info. Thailand currently sits proudly at number one.

2 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

So strap on your seatbelt and take a look at the deadliest countries to drive in.

• Namibia. 45 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Thailand. 44 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Iran. 38 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Sudan. (Reuters) ...
• Swaziland. 36 deaths per 100,000 people per year. ...
• Venezuela. ...
• Congo. ...
• Malawi

 

I have a feeling this electronic driving test is really not going to help a whole lot.....

IIRC originally Libya was the number one country for deaths at 67(?) per 100K head of population. It seems to have disappeared off the listing completely - probably due to the instability of the country, not producing any statistics for a long time.

 

A new test? Wow! That's really great news. All they need to do now is persuade the locals that actually taking a test is kind of important and necessary. Not even going to start on road law enforcement, which has to be the biggest joke in the country.

36 minutes ago, webfact said:

an e-driving system developed by vocational students

 

It seems they are getting more time off these days. When they're not shooting each other in the streets, they're actually making the streets safer.

 

Hugely depressing.

15 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

IIRC originally Libya was the number one country for deaths at 67(?) per 100K head of population. It seems to have disappeared off the listing completely - probably due to the instability of the country, not producing any statistics for a long time.

 

 

Somalia and Libya seem to have withdrawn from the competition, bowing to the greater ability of the Thai.

“You’ve hit one of the markers. I’m sorry to say you’ve failed the test.”

(rustle of a brown bank note)

”Congratulations. You’ve passed your test.”

Electronic game drivers tests?  How about providing free driver training for all students in the schools like they did for me when I was a student.  Why would you expect drivers to know how to drive safely if they have never been trained to drive?????

If the test subject passes this test with flying colors I hope they only get a license to drive the electronic test machine. 

 

Driving a real car with other real cars and motorcycles doing stupid illegal things all around you is NOT the same as driving a computer.

 

Giving them a license to drive a real car is a sure recipe for disaster.

5 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

Will this lead to a change in the lack of traffic law enforcement on the roads.

 

That's the big issue.

look at those Faces in the Pix .you will understand a lot

guess it could not be any less of a joke than it is already

So now Thais can learn how not to drive electronically.

 

And a lot use it'll be if the BiB follows its default standard of enforcement.

Astonishing..... the lengths that those in Thailand of decision making positions will go to to avoid the simply doing things the right way.

 

In this case and many others all Thailand needs to do is copy many other 'more' developed nations. 

 

Thailand is no different from other countries, so why they have to do things so differently is astounding. A video game will not improve road safety, every kid can play video games already... Real training, real tests, real enforcement are the only effective measures which can be taken... In short... REAL EFFORT is required.... I sometimes wonder if this is all too much to overcome the overwhelmingly apathetic approach to pretty much everything... 

 

5 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

Will this lead to a change in the lack of traffic law enforcement on the roads.

 

That's the big issue.

 

Good point, further will the 'electronic' driving test be controlled so that nobody can interfere with the results, and will it be available all over Thailand and easy to access for all?

 

More, will the driving candidate who failed get a detailed report to learn what he/she did wrong, so they can learn?

 

 

 

 

27 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Astonishing..... the lengths that those in Thailand of decision making positions will go to to avoid the simply doing things the right way.

 

In this case and many others all Thailand needs to do is copy many other 'more' developed nations. 

 

Thailand is no different from other countries, so why they have to do things so differently is astounding. A video game will not improve road safety, every kid can play video games already... Real training, real tests, real enforcement are the only effective measures which can be taken... In short... REAL EFFORT is required.... I sometimes wonder if this is all too much to overcome the overwhelmingly apathetic approach to pretty much everything... 

 

Well said, Thailand knows best....

 

Reminds me of the first lesson of an MBA class at a prestigious Thai university 6 months before the start of ASEAN. Professor asks 'who can explain in detail the purpose of ASEAN'.

 

No response, and the class included some senior Thai business people, specifically the national sales managers from 2 high profile off-shore cosmetics companies. 

 

Then a more junior student said 'Professor I Know the answer can I try? Yes, of course.

 

She continued 'ASEAN is a project to copy Thailand, to build another Thailand, because Thailand is so professional, modern and successful.

 

There were about 8 foreign students in the class, all expat employees of MNCs (they were all hesitant to speak until the Thai students has made comments). They burst into laughter. One asked 'where is this new Thailand, where on the map?

 

No further comments from the student. She realized the foreign students were laughing at her, and she realized there is no such land. At the next break she was brave enough to ask 'why did you laugh?'  This produced a series of informal polite discussions (foreign students with the young Thai student) to explain to her.

 

More, none of the other Thai students attended these discussions. Why? Obvious, they didn't want to lose face by showing they didn't know the subject.

 

 

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also aligns with the government's policy of developing the potential of human resources. 

mind numbing double speak mumbo jumbo... sounds like something a teenager would throw into their book report to add a few words, LOL

So just how much are these systems going to cost to install in all the test centres and to train the staff how to use them ?.

And what’s the cost of a new S class merc ?

Why do they need to learn to reverse into a parking space? If there's no bloke blowing a whistle and waving like a lunatic to assist then they just double park.

 

I suppose it could reduce bribery of instructors on these 3 minor aspects of driving viv a vis safety, but it will still be wide open to abuse and allow drivers to be passed with flying colours on all of their other  'Carnage Capacity' skills.

Is it true someone has already crashed one??

weeeee........

 

I am invincible

I see nothing in front of me is danger

me invincible go faster...

 

 

the virtual driving test for your new green P plate:

Every day a new joke. Noone can be laughing anymore. Continue in that way make you all accomplices of the road killers!

46 years ago I made my driver license in Germany, I must do at least 15 hours of driving in a driving school and several hours theory lesson. The exam was one full day, morning theory and driving afternoon under usual traffic in the city.