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Computerization of vehicle Registration System and Enquiry
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ABSTRACT
Computerization of vehicle Registration System and Enquiry
Vehicle Registration in Nigeria began over 100 years ago and the records have been essentially manual which in turn has not help to raise the efficiency of general automotive services in recent years.
This is only focused on vehicle registration and inspection, and not on other supporting services such as vehicle tracking, learner’s driving permission, and drivers’ license management, monitoring of drivers and vehicles operations and documentation of both accident and crime report.
This study will be for licensing offices and organization that issue vehicle license in a country, This will allow the licensing office to implement a more productive work strategy whilst trekking on a steady part towards attaining the define goals.
There are different programs that can be written to develop such programs, PASCAL, JAVA, VISUAL BASIC, C++ etc. But I will be making use of Visual Basic.
INTRODUCTION
The World is experiencing an information knowledge revolution that is fundamentally transforming the way in which human activities are carried out. Governments worldwide are adopting e – government as a means of improving their services to businesses and citizens, promoting economic and social development, and enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of government operations.
Vehicle registration is the (usually) compulsory registration of a vehicle with a government authority. Vehicle registration's purpose is to establish clear ownership and to tax motorists or vehicle owners.
While almost all vehicles are uniquely identified by a vehicle identification number only registered vehicles display a vehicle registration plate and carry a vehicle registration certificate.
A vehicle registration plate is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes. The registration identifier is a numeric or alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies the vehicle within the issuing region's database. In some countries, the identifier is unique within the entire country, while in others it is unique within a state or province.
URBANIZATION AND URBAN TRANSPORT CONDITION IN NIGERIA.
Transport system represents a major interface between the location of activities and the general movement of people in an urban system (Ayeni, 1998). Hitherto, urban transport problems are becoming more and more acute in the cities in Nigeria (Filani, 1994; 2002; Adesanya and Adeniji, 1998; Egunjobi, 1999; Ogunsanya, 2002; Oyesiku, 2002a; etc). World Health Organization (2000) recently articulated that health concerns related to traffic and transportation have become a worldwide phenomenon and will likely become more of an issue in the future. Findings from other recent studies suggest that stress from transportation may represent an important factor that influences the well-being of urban population (Asiyanbola, 2004; Gee and Takeuchi, 2004).
The trend of urbanization and city growth in developing countries are characterized by rapidity of urban increase, urbanization outpacing industrialization, and a high rate of urban population growth by natural increase and migration (Oyesiku, 2002a). In Nigeria, urbanization has a fairly long history in its growth and development.
QUALITY OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION DATA
Quality is a major factor for the Vehicle Registration data collected. In Nigeria, Vehicle Registration data such as vehicle license, car insurance, driver’s license and other vehicle – related documents are usually collected by officials of both the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and the State Liaison Office for both the Federal and State Governments respectively.
Some times the data forms are collected away from the scene. These data collected often have problems including errors, incomplete information, illegibility due to poor handwriting, and errors due to multiple data entries at various levels. The data obtained might not be of acceptable quality.
DATA ACCURACY
The Vehicle Registration data collected is of great importance and is the main sources of Vehicle Identification information. The Vehicle Registration data collected and recorded by the officials of both the FRSC and the State Liaison Office includes the information about the vehicle, characteristics of the vehicle, Residential information of the Owner, Driver’s License Number, Plate, Engine and Chassis Numbers. The duty of the official at Commission/State Liaison Office is not only to collect the data. But the primary task of an officer is to create a file so as to secure the Vehicle’s Information and other relevant information for updating, correction, renewal and tracking. During this process, some critical Vehicle data and evidence might be lost, removed, or replaced during these routine procedures.
Therefore, the Vehicle data collected and reported by the official may contain errors and may not be of sufficient quality to meet the needs of Department of Motor Vehicle Inspection and Transport Division (MITD).
The accuracy of data is defined as a component of quality as the “degree to which the vehicle data report is correct, both in terms of what is to be included on the report form and what the collector reports.” Accuracy includes verification of reported facts and care in making observations.
In current processes (manually entering the vehicle registration by hand), entering vehicle information in a paper – filed report usually involves coding, writing or typing and drawing.
COMPLETENESS OF TRAFFIC DATA
O’Day, [1993] defined completeness of data problem deals with “missing data”. There might be many reasons for the missing data in the reports. It might be a result of failure of the Licensing officers to report the data, failure to submit the report to central repository. Sometimes the data might not be entered into the database during the process of data entry. It might be difficult to find data entered in the system. Incompleteness or missing data usually occur when officers need to perform urgent duties, such as wanting:
(i) See the traffic flow
(ii) Help the injured
(iii) Respond to additional high priority calls, or weather related factors and so on.
In addition, Vehicle Registration Information is sometimes completed at another location in the field or away from the scene, usually at an office later during the shift.
CONSISTENCY OF REGISTRATION DATA
Consistency can be defined as the uniform interpretation of data elements reported by different Vehicle Registration Agencies. The degree to which data are free from variation or contradiction is optimized. Consistency is also a measure of the extent to which a set of data satisfies a set of constraints. The consistency problems stand as the major issue for statewide and national database systems since inconsistent data make analysis difficult and are the potential causes of incorrect interpretation.
[attachment=31155]
ABSTRACT
Computerization of vehicle Registration System and Enquiry
Vehicle Registration in Nigeria began over 100 years ago and the records have been essentially manual which in turn has not help to raise the efficiency of general automotive services in recent years.
This is only focused on vehicle registration and inspection, and not on other supporting services such as vehicle tracking, learner’s driving permission, and drivers’ license management, monitoring of drivers and vehicles operations and documentation of both accident and crime report.
This study will be for licensing offices and organization that issue vehicle license in a country, This will allow the licensing office to implement a more productive work strategy whilst trekking on a steady part towards attaining the define goals.
There are different programs that can be written to develop such programs, PASCAL, JAVA, VISUAL BASIC, C++ etc. But I will be making use of Visual Basic.
INTRODUCTION
The World is experiencing an information knowledge revolution that is fundamentally transforming the way in which human activities are carried out. Governments worldwide are adopting e – government as a means of improving their services to businesses and citizens, promoting economic and social development, and enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of government operations.
Vehicle registration is the (usually) compulsory registration of a vehicle with a government authority. Vehicle registration's purpose is to establish clear ownership and to tax motorists or vehicle owners.
While almost all vehicles are uniquely identified by a vehicle identification number only registered vehicles display a vehicle registration plate and carry a vehicle registration certificate.
A vehicle registration plate is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes. The registration identifier is a numeric or alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies the vehicle within the issuing region's database. In some countries, the identifier is unique within the entire country, while in others it is unique within a state or province.
URBANIZATION AND URBAN TRANSPORT CONDITION IN NIGERIA.
Transport system represents a major interface between the location of activities and the general movement of people in an urban system (Ayeni, 1998). Hitherto, urban transport problems are becoming more and more acute in the cities in Nigeria (Filani, 1994; 2002; Adesanya and Adeniji, 1998; Egunjobi, 1999; Ogunsanya, 2002; Oyesiku, 2002a; etc). World Health Organization (2000) recently articulated that health concerns related to traffic and transportation have become a worldwide phenomenon and will likely become more of an issue in the future. Findings from other recent studies suggest that stress from transportation may represent an important factor that influences the well-being of urban population (Asiyanbola, 2004; Gee and Takeuchi, 2004).
The trend of urbanization and city growth in developing countries are characterized by rapidity of urban increase, urbanization outpacing industrialization, and a high rate of urban population growth by natural increase and migration (Oyesiku, 2002a). In Nigeria, urbanization has a fairly long history in its growth and development.
QUALITY OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION DATA
Quality is a major factor for the Vehicle Registration data collected. In Nigeria, Vehicle Registration data such as vehicle license, car insurance, driver’s license and other vehicle – related documents are usually collected by officials of both the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and the State Liaison Office for both the Federal and State Governments respectively.
Some times the data forms are collected away from the scene. These data collected often have problems including errors, incomplete information, illegibility due to poor handwriting, and errors due to multiple data entries at various levels. The data obtained might not be of acceptable quality.
DATA ACCURACY
The Vehicle Registration data collected is of great importance and is the main sources of Vehicle Identification information. The Vehicle Registration data collected and recorded by the officials of both the FRSC and the State Liaison Office includes the information about the vehicle, characteristics of the vehicle, Residential information of the Owner, Driver’s License Number, Plate, Engine and Chassis Numbers. The duty of the official at Commission/State Liaison Office is not only to collect the data. But the primary task of an officer is to create a file so as to secure the Vehicle’s Information and other relevant information for updating, correction, renewal and tracking. During this process, some critical Vehicle data and evidence might be lost, removed, or replaced during these routine procedures.
Therefore, the Vehicle data collected and reported by the official may contain errors and may not be of sufficient quality to meet the needs of Department of Motor Vehicle Inspection and Transport Division (MITD).
The accuracy of data is defined as a component of quality as the “degree to which the vehicle data report is correct, both in terms of what is to be included on the report form and what the collector reports.” Accuracy includes verification of reported facts and care in making observations.
In current processes (manually entering the vehicle registration by hand), entering vehicle information in a paper – filed report usually involves coding, writing or typing and drawing.
COMPLETENESS OF TRAFFIC DATA
O’Day, [1993] defined completeness of data problem deals with “missing data”. There might be many reasons for the missing data in the reports. It might be a result of failure of the Licensing officers to report the data, failure to submit the report to central repository. Sometimes the data might not be entered into the database during the process of data entry. It might be difficult to find data entered in the system. Incompleteness or missing data usually occur when officers need to perform urgent duties, such as wanting:
(i) See the traffic flow
(ii) Help the injured
(iii) Respond to additional high priority calls, or weather related factors and so on.
In addition, Vehicle Registration Information is sometimes completed at another location in the field or away from the scene, usually at an office later during the shift.
CONSISTENCY OF REGISTRATION DATA
Consistency can be defined as the uniform interpretation of data elements reported by different Vehicle Registration Agencies. The degree to which data are free from variation or contradiction is optimized. Consistency is also a measure of the extent to which a set of data satisfies a set of constraints. The consistency problems stand as the major issue for statewide and national database systems since inconsistent data make analysis difficult and are the potential causes of incorrect interpretation.