Driving Exam Goes Digital
The Consejo de Seguridad
Vial (COSEVI) announced
that, beginning today,
use computers to test
the "written" portion of
the drivers examination
in an attempt to
eliminate the long lines
and corruption at driver
examination centres.
COSEVIi said that for
the time being only the
Paso Ancho driver
examination centre will
use computers, spreading
to the other driver
examination centres
around the country in
the new year.
The new system allows
for an "instant" result
of the written portion
of the examination,
eliminating the waiting
time that could last up
to two or three weeks
for potential drivers to
learn the results.
Viviana Martín, vice
minister of the
Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT),
said that the computer
will reduce the
vulnerability of the
driver examination
process.
The new system will
offer questions randomly
chosen by the computer
for a total value of 100
points. This ensures
that no exam is the same
to another and potential
drivers have to study
for the exam instead of
learning the answers to
questions of a
particular exam, which
by way of corruption was
easily arranged.
Vice minister Martín
said that the MOPT
purchased 158 computers
that will be used in all
driver testing centres
in the country, with the
program beginning in San
José.
The MOPT investment in
the new driver testing
system is us$1.2 million
dollars and is waiting
approval for the
purchase of 80 computers
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