Overview
- State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik reviewed work on the project on Monday and told officials to build the facility to high, technology-driven standards.
- The site spans 25 acres in Saswad, Purandar taluka, and will combine an Automated Testing Station, an Automated Driving Testing Track and a proposed Road Safety Training and Research Institute.
- Officials say the Automated Testing Station will use sensors and cameras to check brakes, suspension, lights and emissions to make fitness checks faster and more objective.
- The Automated Driving Testing Track will run programmed exercises such as figure-eight and H-shaped courses plus slopes and turns while using video analytics to standardize driver assessments.
- The state describes the campus as the country’s first dedicated road safety training and research institute, but the project is still under development and its claimed outcomes remain to be demonstrated.