Project Status Report

GROUP D
29.4.2015

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

Government
Police
Manufacturers
NGOs
Drivers
Non 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 () .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.