[Sherlocked]

Autocar is back with its Young Driver Contest.

The winner will take home a brand new Maruti Alto 800.

India accounts for about 10 percent of road accident fatalities worldwide. Driver education, stricter law enforcement and better infrastructure are the need of the hour. Maruti suzuki and autocar india have joined hands to do their bit to make indian roads a safer place by instituting the Maruti Suzuki - Autocar Young Driver 2013 Programme.

To participate, go to this link http://www.youngdriver.in/ and register.

About the Contest:

Phase 1 – Participants who have registered on www.youngdriver.in can take the online theory test in the form of a quiz. They will be tested on their knowledge of traffic rules, awareness of road safety & driving regulations. The contestants will be selected on the basis of the highest scores in the least time taken for completing the quiz.
The last date for this phase is 28th june 2013.
Contestants who make it to the next round will be intimated via e-mail, or notified on facebook.

Phase 2 – A skill test will be conducted in this round, which will comprise a driving test, at any one of the maruti driving schools (MDS) spread across 42 major indian cities. The selected contestants can take their skill test at any of the maruti driving schools in their region as per the schedule allocated. Based on candidates' performance in the skill tests at the mds, 25 finalists will be identified for the 3rd round." This phase will start on 4th july 2013 and will be held till 30th of july 2013.

Phase 3 - The 25 finalists will be flown in to delhi for the grand finale. In this round, candidates will be evaluated at the institute of driving and traffic research (IDTR), New Delhi, under the supervision of IDTR instructors and judges from Autocar India. Candidates will be evaluated on 20 parameters pertaining to safety, vehicle control, theory knowledge and its application while driving.

Phase 4 - The winner will be crowned the ‘Maruti Suzuki – Autocar Young Driver of the year 2013’. he will also become the ambassador of safe driving and will take home a brand new maruti suzuki alto 800!

[fundubytes]

Found this video on Autocar Facebook page. How many of you see yourself in this video? :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQjnzBgATb4

[StrangeWizard]

I cleared round 1 of the young driver contest 2013. Just checked my spam mail.

Have got a slot for round 2 on 16 july at a dealership near my home.

Anyone else selected?

[avingodb]

thanks for this thread
Otherwise, i had completely forgotten about the mail
I have booked my slot for next saturday noon in Gurgaon.

[johannskaria]

Congrats guys, coming your way!

[Marauder]

The 2014 edition of the Contest is currently going on.
Has anyone cleared the Phase 1? Unfortunately, I am in the wait list currently.

[Ramon]

I have cleared it. Booked the phase 2 test for 06/09/2014

[freakmuzik]

I've cleared it too! But just checking the dates to fix a slot ! Congrats to the others too