“The system replicates some assessment and guidance of the examiner to totally eliminate subjectivity,” explains Abdulrahman Majed Renawi, solutions manager at Tatweer (pictured). “At the end, you will either pass or fail based on machine-evaluated parameters.”
Driving faults – for example, not signalling when changing lane – are given a numerical value. If a driver makes enough of these, their overall score will drop and they will fail the test.
Abu Dhabi Police initiated the idea, which Tatweer developed. Authorities also now use data from the tests to establish correlations with driving behaviour and crashes, and adjust the test accordingly. “They might modify the test weighting system to focus more on some criteria than others,” says Renawi.
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