A FRAMEWORK FOR UNIFIED VEHICLE CLEARANCE AND REGISTRATION

Abstract

A framework is an essential supporting structure of a vehicle. A framework for vehicle clearance and registration is a platform designed to integrate systems, build methods, develop procedures and adopt policies which creates a unified supporting structure for vehicle clearance and registration. A vehicle registration is a mandatory certification that every vehicle must have so that it can be driven on public roads whether it is new or used. The old system of registration did not play a significant role on highway safety due to the problems it showed; tension and conflict generated as a result of reassessing already registered/licensed vehicles, Illegal policies and  nefficiencies as a result of poor management of authorities andNon-capturing of some geographical areas attended by applicants in the portal. The objectiveswere to develop an integrated system that will create a robust platform capable of eliminating tension and conflicts generated during vehicle clearance and registration, to develop a system that will enact legal policies that will be adopted by the concerned bodies/agencies responsible for vehicle administration and to develop a system that will capture all areas attended by applicants during vehicle clearance and registration. The methodology adopted for this research is Object Oriented Hypermedia Design Method (OOHDM)suitable for the development of web applications. This method is a mature approach for building hypermedia and Web applications by describing different design models which are then mapped onto a running application. Nigerian government has introduced a new automated vehicle licensing and renewal system known as integrated system for vehicle clearance and registration to tackle the problems encountered in the existing system.