Premier Mao Chi-kuo today presided over the launching ceremony of the 3rd Generation Motor Vehicle and Driver Information System (M3 for short), signaling the advent of smart motor vehicle services.
This all-new system has incorporated cloud technology and smart commerce, and is founded on information security and protection of personal data, stated the premier. Noting the M3 is part of the administration's big-data plan, he expects the system to better serve citizens' needs while helping make commercial markets and the government more efficient.
Mao noted that the ROC motor vehicle and driver system began computerizing as early as the 1980s and became one of the earliest computerized systems in the nation. This is because in this agency there is a group of "right" people that does the right things, he pointed out.
By 2012, however, the system's second-generation facilities were outdated and unable to meet demand. At the time Mao was serving at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC). To align the system with forward-looking information-technology applications, it was decided the MOTC's Directorate General of Highways (DGH) should take on the overall planning. The DGH adopted the latest cloud technology and set up a new-generation motor vehicle and driver information system. The premier is pleased to see that the system has been completed earlier than anticipated while smoothly passing all related tests.
The M3 can be said to be the government information application system that is most modern and best meets cloud standards, Mao pointed out. Keeping up with the times has always been the administration's goal, and the M3 is a case in point.
The MOTC stated that in response to the advent of the mobile era, the M3 provides the public with various convenient and innovative services, such as motor vehicle service apps, self-service counters, third-generation mobile motor vehicle and driver information services for outlying islands, and introduction of mobile devices to better conduct road checks and other related operations.