29-08-2016, 10:25 AM
Mobile phones have immensely become public utility, improving
communication in social and commercial interactions. Nonetheless, their role
in driver distraction and consequently in road traffic crashes means that some
measure of “reining in” their use while driving is required. With the aim of
preventing drivers from getting distracted due to use of cell phone which has
now become one of the leading causes of the road accidents this research has
been carried out.
To prevent the occurrence of accident due to mobile phone use by
drivers an attempt has been made to provide a low-cost, non-invasive, smallsize
system which is capable of differentiating the use of cell phone is either
by the driver or the passengers. The small-size hardware system and the
Cellphone Accident Preventer (C.A.P.) mobile application along with low
range mobile jammer is used to detect the driver’s use of mobile phone, while
ignoring the phone used by the fellow passenger in the vehicle and possessing
the ability to block the mobile communication only in the driver seating area
while providing an option for the driver to attend an emergency call if he
stops a vehicle at a safe place.
The PIC16F877A microcontroller along with a KST-TX01
transmitter is used to transmit the vehicle number plate information to the
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receiver KST-RX806 placed on the signal post. The received data will be
displayed on LCD (owned by police) once the driver starts using the phone
without stopping the vehicle, and before the activation of mobile jammer unit
is detected, so that, traffic police can take legislative action against the driver.
Therefore, the implementation of this proposed system would prevent the
road accident by reducing the drivers distraction to a large extent i.e., it
reduces the risk associated with use of cell phone by 96.28% and it further
reduces the accident rate to 28.79% from 30% as per the case study
estimation. In addition to this, implementation of complete system also help
in reducing the loss of economy due to cell phone accident for about `111.38
crores per day i.e., it can save nearly `40,653.7 crores per annum from
`1,36,000 crores rupees spent on road accident fatalities.
communication in social and commercial interactions. Nonetheless, their role
in driver distraction and consequently in road traffic crashes means that some
measure of “reining in” their use while driving is required. With the aim of
preventing drivers from getting distracted due to use of cell phone which has
now become one of the leading causes of the road accidents this research has
been carried out.
To prevent the occurrence of accident due to mobile phone use by
drivers an attempt has been made to provide a low-cost, non-invasive, smallsize
system which is capable of differentiating the use of cell phone is either
by the driver or the passengers. The small-size hardware system and the
Cellphone Accident Preventer (C.A.P.) mobile application along with low
range mobile jammer is used to detect the driver’s use of mobile phone, while
ignoring the phone used by the fellow passenger in the vehicle and possessing
the ability to block the mobile communication only in the driver seating area
while providing an option for the driver to attend an emergency call if he
stops a vehicle at a safe place.
The PIC16F877A microcontroller along with a KST-TX01
transmitter is used to transmit the vehicle number plate information to the
115
receiver KST-RX806 placed on the signal post. The received data will be
displayed on LCD (owned by police) once the driver starts using the phone
without stopping the vehicle, and before the activation of mobile jammer unit
is detected, so that, traffic police can take legislative action against the driver.
Therefore, the implementation of this proposed system would prevent the
road accident by reducing the drivers distraction to a large extent i.e., it
reduces the risk associated with use of cell phone by 96.28% and it further
reduces the accident rate to 28.79% from 30% as per the case study
estimation. In addition to this, implementation of complete system also help
in reducing the loss of economy due to cell phone accident for about `111.38
crores per day i.e., it can save nearly `40,653.7 crores per annum from
`1,36,000 crores rupees spent on road accident fatalities.