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<\/p>\n\nAmos Abakah (squatting), Ashanti Regional Manager, DVLA, using a Tyre Tread Depth Gauge on a vehicle during the demonstration exercise in Kumasi. With him is Richard Kwasi Eyiah, the Compliance and Enforcement Manger. Picture: EMMANUEL BAAH <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has introduced some five key digital appliances in its operations to ensure a regulated framework for an enhanced and a more effective supervision of drivers and vehicles.<\/h2>\n
They comprise the vehicle windscreen glasses tint meter, handbrake tester, hand-held tablet computer, tyre tread depth gauge and tyre air presser gauge.<\/p>\n
Obuasi station is the first to take delivery of the hand-held tools, while all 32 district offices across the country are to receive the kits for effective operations.<\/p>\n
The DVLA says the appliances will help detect approved tinted windscreens, test the brake efficiency of a vehicle, and get instant access to a driver\u2019s particulars upon keying in their registration and certificate of competence numbers to establish the authenticity or otherwise.<\/p>\n
In the past, most driver offenders were let off the hook because the authority lacked these standard gadgets to strengthen their checks on the road.<\/p>\n
The Compliance and Enforcement Manager of DVLA, Richard Kwasi Eyiah, explained that \u201cafter all checks are carried out on a vehicle, an automated gadget instantly issues out a receipt to the driver to know the status of the car as to whether it passed the test or not\u201d.<\/p>\n
Field demonstration<\/strong><\/p>\n The Appliance and Enforcement Unit of the DVLA, last Thursday (September 29), organised a brief demonstration of the tools to the media in Kumasi and later moved on to the streets to test their innovative kits on drivers and vehicles.<\/p>\n During the field demonstration, it was detected that some vehicles had issues, but no arrests were made.<\/p>\n However, the DVLA field officers urged the drivers to update their papers, as well as put their vehicles in shape in order not to fall foul of the law.<\/p>\n Enforcement<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Eyiah in a post-test run interview said the tools would be used effectively to ensure compliance on the roads to ensure maximum safety on the roads with only roadworthy vehicles.<\/p>\n \u201cRoad rules will only be obeyed if drivers are made aware that not obeying them would result in detection and unwanted outcomes such as fines or licence suspension or cancellation.<\/p>\n \u201cWith these gadgets, there will be no hiding place for recalcitrant drivers,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n Mr Eyiah used the opportunity to commend the government for resourcing the authority which had enabled it to play its role more efficiently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n