Project Overview

The Vehicle and Driver Inspection System (VaDIS) was developed for the NPRA, an organisation responsible for the monitoring of driving standards on Norway’s roads. New EU regulations regarding the Digital Tachograph initiative require higher levels of compliance than provided by the current system.

Challenge

For the NPRA, vehicle and driver inspection meant cumbersome data gathering in the field, followed by the manual handling of paper based reports. This resulted in errors and delays due to decreased efficiency. They wanted a mobile solution that enabled the inspectors based out in the field to collect driver and vehicle inspection data into a central database that could be analysed to produce reports electronically. The data could then be used to improve the safety of roads.

Solution

Objectnet AS (now Knowit) developed a new VaDIS system which co-ordinated with TSL’s Terminal powered Smartcard Reader configured to a Motorola MC70. This meant that the smartcard could gather data whilst performing roadside inspections. The new system reduces data entry error, increases inspection speed, and contributes to better road safety.

Result

The NPRA’s new VaDIS system, combined with TSL’s 1060 Smartcard Reader for Motorola MC70/75/75A, decreases data entry and legislation errors, increases efficiency and speed of inspection and aids Norway’s road compliance with regards to new EU legislations.

Comment

“Through the use of online handheld terminal units for collecting driver and vehicle data during the inspection procedure, together with the implementation of a national database for vehicle inspection data, the VaDIS system is contributing to safer roads by keeping up the standards of vehicles and drivers through more efficient, consistent and precise inspections”