Pune's new driving institute to bring efficient enforcement of road safety
Updated: Nov 01, 2014 11:35:21am
New Delhi, Nov 1 (KNN) As a part of the road safety initiatives taken up by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to improve driver training, better road conditions, efficient enforcement and safer vehicle technologies, a state-of-art Institute of Driving Training and Research (IDTR) has been set up by the Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) in Pune.
“The IDTR has state-of-art facilities including spacious classrooms equipped with audio-visual facilities, driving range for imparting driving practice on road for various manoeuvres, driving laboratory displaying aggregate and cut section models, testing laboratory for checking the physical characteristics, workshop for routine maintenance activities, library and hostel with a capacity of 75 participants,” said an official release.
The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated the institute which has been set up on PPP basis with Tata Motors Limited as a private partner.
The IDTR in Pune also has two driving simulators for imparting a pollution-free training to the trainees on a range of cognitive skills to deal with complex road way and traffic conditions.
This will help in reducing the number of fatalities due to road accidents and IDTR has kept an ambitious target of reduction of accidents by 50 per cent in the next five years, it said.
The institute is the camera based innovative driving testing system which will ensure a technology based assessment of the driving quality on the various tracks of the IDTR without human intervention. This technology will enable promotion of a corruption free platform for grant of driving licenses and selection of drivers ensuring the quality of the applicant.
Well-trained driving instructors will conduct training to impart practical, systematic and scientific training to new drivers as well as in-service drivers along with trainers.
The IDTR also proposes to train exclusive batches of the women drivers for city cabs.
The Ministry of Road Transport has already released a draft of the new Road Transport and Safety Bill 2014 inviting suggestions from the public and stakeholders. It also aims to introduce the Road Safety and Transport Bill in the coming winter session of the parliament. (KNN/ST)
“The IDTR has state-of-art facilities including spacious classrooms equipped with audio-visual facilities, driving range for imparting driving practice on road for various manoeuvres, driving laboratory displaying aggregate and cut section models, testing laboratory for checking the physical characteristics, workshop for routine maintenance activities, library and hostel with a capacity of 75 participants,” said an official release.
The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated the institute which has been set up on PPP basis with Tata Motors Limited as a private partner.
The IDTR in Pune also has two driving simulators for imparting a pollution-free training to the trainees on a range of cognitive skills to deal with complex road way and traffic conditions.
This will help in reducing the number of fatalities due to road accidents and IDTR has kept an ambitious target of reduction of accidents by 50 per cent in the next five years, it said.
The institute is the camera based innovative driving testing system which will ensure a technology based assessment of the driving quality on the various tracks of the IDTR without human intervention. This technology will enable promotion of a corruption free platform for grant of driving licenses and selection of drivers ensuring the quality of the applicant.
Well-trained driving instructors will conduct training to impart practical, systematic and scientific training to new drivers as well as in-service drivers along with trainers.
The IDTR also proposes to train exclusive batches of the women drivers for city cabs.
The Ministry of Road Transport has already released a draft of the new Road Transport and Safety Bill 2014 inviting suggestions from the public and stakeholders. It also aims to introduce the Road Safety and Transport Bill in the coming winter session of the parliament. (KNN/ST)
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