Traffic authorities in Lahore have completed major measures to make the driving license test process more transparent and efficient.
With the new system human intervention in the driving test will be reduced and the process will become more automated.
According to traffic officials 44 artificial intelligence based vehicles have been purchased and will arrive at the traffic headquarters next week. Initially the number of vehicles was planned to be lower but it was later increased to 44.
Each vehicle has cost around Rs4.8 million while an additional Rs400,000 to Rs500,000 will be spent on installing other equipment.
Officials said the modern vehicles will be equipped with sensors, cameras and biometric machines. These features will help make the testing process fully automated and transparent.
Instead of the traditional manual track a GPS-based track will now be used which is expected to improve testing standards and eliminate the culture of favoritism.
These advanced vehicles will be provided to all driving testing centers in Lahore in phases so that citizens can experience a transparent and reliable driving test system.
In a separate development, the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has launched a digital facility to speed up and make the procedure for obtaining a driving licence more convenient for the citizens.
The issuing process for learner licences for LTV and HTV transport vehicles has been fully digitised.
The system enables applicants to fill their applications online from home. It has been developed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board with administrative support of the Transport Director and the Transport and Mass Transit Department.
The service is available on the Dastak mobile application.
The citizens can download the app and enter their details and make the necessary payment online. After digital verification, the learner licence is issued in a short amount of time.
Officials said more services would in future be moved to the internet to promote e-governance and to reduce delays.
The initiative would aim to eliminate long queues and make legal procedures easier for the public.
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