Centre (DLTC)
30 March 2007
Gauteng MEC for Public Transport, Roads and Works, Ignatius Jacobs, will
launch the pilot project to fully automate the Langlaagte Drivers' Licence
Testing Centre so as to improve service delivery and eliminate fraud and
corruption in the testing of applicants. The new system will also enable the
centre to test more than 350 applicants per day for a learner's licence and to
add more test sessions whenever the need arises.
The pilot licence test will be fully run by a computer programme and this
completely eliminates human interference as well as the propensity for the
exchange of bribes for a pass. The test is also user friendly and it does not
at all require computer literacy. It is a touch screen test.
In terms of the new system the person who applies for a licence test will be
informed by the touch screen whether or not they have passed the test. The
examiner will play an invigilator role. Pen and paper will no longer be
required. The driver's licence test will also be fully automated, with cameras
stationed inside and outside both the testing yard and the vehicle. The new
test will also use electronic tracking on all these new vehicles.
The department has spent more than R23 million on the project purchasing the
system and the vehicles that will be used for the driver's test. Two mobile
trucks with learners' licence testing cubicles have also been purchased so as
to enable access for people in remote areas and to also help school pupils to
write their learner's test.
Speaking ahead of the launch, MEC Jacobs said "As a caring government, we
are taking concrete steps to produce better drivers and to offer a corruption
free service to the residents of our province and the people of our country.
Bad drivers contribute to lack of safety on our roads and this also leads to
unnecessary loss of lives. We cannot allow this to continue. Fraud puts
incompetent drivers on our roads. It also leads to loss of revenue, also
placing an unacceptable additional strain on our health services and the
economy as a whole."
Details of the launch are as follows:
Date: Friday, 30 March 2007
Time: 10h00
Venue: Langlaagte Drivers' Licence Testing Centre, Langlaagte
For more information, contact:
Alfred Nhlapo
Tell: (011) 355 7532
Cell: 083 376 8496
Issued by: Department of Public Transport, Roads and Works, Gauteng
Provincial Government
30 March 2007
