Project Status Report

Project Status Report

GROUP D29.4.2015

Project Overview

• Highway Safety. ITS and

Emergency Vehicle

Management System

• We are focusing feasibility,

cost analysis and some other

modifications that might have

come about in discussions.

Current Status

• What progress has been made since the previous

milestone?

• Ideas regarding Accident Trigger System, ATMS, Road

magnetization and Breathalyzers were discussed and

technical specs were discussed.

Accident Reporting System:

Stakeholder Model

GovernmentPoliceManufacturersNGOsDriversNon Drivers

The Feasibility as far as logistics go

• Accident Reporting Systems are only in its incipient stages in

India. A notable development, however, is Janwani. It has done

Vehicle Tracking Analysis and Accident Reporting Surveys in

the city of Pune.

• The Indian Govt. must plan and execute a Fatality Analysis

Reporting System or FARS to estimate the number of

accidents that happen at specific places , at specific times and

involving specific types of vehicles

BUT WHAT IS FARS?

• Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) was created

in the United States by the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA) to provide an overall

measure of highway safety, to help suggest solutions,

and to help provide an objective basis to evaluate the

effectiveness of motor vehicle safety standards and

highway safety programs. FARS contains data on a

census of fatal traffic crashes within the 50 States,

the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

OTHER STAKEHOLDERS:

• The Police: Should help in registering FIRs of accident cases as

quickly as possible. This will also help in creating databases of

accident survey for the FARS established by the government.

• Manufacturers: Of course, the cars they provide should have

the necessary equipment compatible with the ARS technology.

• Drivers and non- drivers: With ARS in play, a lot of lives can

and will be saved.

• Hospitals: Ambulances and support services must be at the

ready and thus , coordination is essential

• NGOs: They can partake in creating awareness.

The Cost Mechanics :

• One side of the equation: Medical costs, material costs,

police costs, administrative costs of insurances , loss of

bread winners for families and pedestrians.

• The other side: Initial setting up costs, coordination ,

equipment costs, monitoring units , etc.

• Only one argument!!! Which is more costly? Life or all

these preventive measures.

A LOOK AT THE COST DATA FOR ROAD SECURITY IN SWITZERLAND

Technical aspects:

How exactly will the accident be detected?GPS and vibration sensors are used. In this system, the

vibration sensor, GPS and GSM is placed in the vehicle. If an

accident occurred the vibration sensor senses the vibration

level and if it exceeds the threshold limit, the system will

consider that

there is an occurrence of accident in that particular location.

Then the system will activate the GPS to gather the location

detail and sends the location of the vehicle through GSM to

the control station. The control stations can then notify the

appropriate agencies.

One important question?

• How will you ensure that the signal will be sent?

• Will take the help of black box technology to ensure the

controller is not destroyed in the impact of the crash.

Life saving is a team effort..

• Drivers need to follow saftey rules

• Never mix drinking with driving

• Preferable to ply below the speed limits in high traffic

zones

• Keep away from cell phones on the road.

• Be alert and active

MAGNETISATION OF ROADS

• MAGNETISATION OF ROADS AT FLYOVERS

• MAGNETISATION OF ROADS AT TRAFFIC JUNCTIONS

MAGNETISATION OF ROADS AT FLYOVERS

• At vertical curves, centrifugal force acts opposite to the

direction of Gravitational force. This reduces normal

reaction and so is the friction reduced.

• This causes difficulty in applying brakes and changing the

direction of motion of the vehicle.

• Installing magnets at top of a flyover will diminish the

effect of centrifugal force.

• N= mg- mv^2/r

• After magnetization ,

• N= mg-mv^2/r + F(magnetic)

• This will increase the friction and help the driver not to

lose control over the car.

Cost estimation

• For vertical curve of 150m radius, we need to install

magnets in area 8 x 3.5. Installing this much magnets will

cost us approx. 200 us dollars.

• The cost will increase with the decrease in radius and

increase in average speed of vehicle at the flyover.

Advantages

• Active functioning of brakes and steering.

• Reduces the chance of accidents

Disadvantages

• Electromagnets will make the flyover prone to thunder and

lightning

• Effect on the reinforcements like steel

• Will affect the magnetic systems of radios , etc.

Magnetisation at traffic junctions

• As discussed earlier , brake failures at traffic junctions

could be disastrous, so our plan is to install smart

electromagnetic technology at these junctions that will

detect brake failure and will apply external brakes.

• Smart cameras installed at these junction points will

analyse speed of a vehicle and if in given range , if its not

decelerating it will trigger electromagnetic system

installed in the road that will pull the car downward. This

will increase the normal reaction and hence , increase the

frictional force. This will lower the speed of the car.

• U= ∫m(x)B(x) dv

• F=-dU/dx (pull force)

• Force of friction would be (μ) .mg + F (magnetic)

Cost estimation

• Smart traffic cameras will cost around 28000/- and we

need 4 such cameras at each junction. High strength

electromagnets will cost us about 1000 us dollars.

• Cost for installing processors and required softwares at

the traffic junctions.