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YOUR IDEAS YOUR INITIATIVES By : DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUNE
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ROAD SAFETY Road safety comprises of all possible measures that ensure a person using road network is not injured or harmed in any way – physical or psychological.
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Need: Sharp rise in number of vehicles over the past decade
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Need: Number of Vehicles / 1000 persons doubled in five years
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Need: Poor Maintenance & Congestion of Roads
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Increase In Number Of Vehicles Bad Road Network Unsafe Roads Need:
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Fact File: India Second largest road network 3 million km 1% of vehicles in the world but 10% of accidents! 4,90,383 accidents every year 25% fatal! 1 death by road traffic accident every 4 minutes!
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Our Project: To focus on: Road Safety In General Road Safety For The Disabled specifically
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Why Disabled? School celebrates this year as the ‘Year of Diversity’ Motivated us to: Highlight their difficulties on the roads Think of possible solutions Activities at School Better Understanding of difficulties of Disabled
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Road Safety for All
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Problems on Roads Unsafe to Cross for Pedestrians Insufficient Parking Narrow Roads Potholes Insufficient Traffic Signals & Cops Risky Driving & Ineffective Penalization : Infrastructure related: System related:User related
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Burning Issues Quick free-way for the Ambulances Safety for Women in: Public Transport Busses Call Taxi Use of Mobile Phones while driving Old vehicles off the road Air Pollution
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Our Suggestions Narrow Roads Additional Flyovers Existing Roads for Slow Traffic & Pedestrians Flyovers for fast moving traffic Widening of Roads Not always possible due to road side constructions
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Our Suggestions Pot holesOvernight Repairs Assign Road areas to a set of Contractors Payment at the end of the Year based on Report by the users Errant Contractors Deny future Contracts (Blacklist)
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Our Suggestions Insufficient Traffic Cops & Traffic Signals Traffic Police Recruit additional Policemen Community Service of Traffic Duty for Errant Drivers Traffic Signals To install at all junctions with busy Traffic
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Our Suggestions Insufficient Parking Multistoried Parking in existing Parking Areas Using old Roads with New Flyovers for Parking
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Our Suggestions Risky Driving Swift Strict Non- monetary Punishment Cancel License for a period Community Service of Traffic Duty Street Cameras at Traffic Signals A record of Crime even when unmanned
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Our Suggestions Unsafe to cross for Pedestrians Foot paths exclusively for Pedestrians Separate areas for Hawkers Shift Electric Poles & Trees off the Footpaths At Junctions Overhead bridge for Crossing
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Our Suggestions Free Passage for Ambulances Sound Detectors before Traffic Signals Automatic Green Signal for Ambulance Siren
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Our Suggestions Women Safety in Public Transport & Taxi Emergency SOS button at every Passenger Seat & GPS Heavy fine for Misuse
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OUR INITIATIVE We conducted: Workshop for Nursery students in our school Opinion Survey with People on roads Questionnaire Survey on 100 people
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Workshop with nursery students
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Survey on the roads
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Survey
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Survey Results
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Busiest Area of Traffic in the City
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Main Problem with the Roads
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Steps taken at an Individual Level
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What we did with our Survey Results Pune City Traffic Police Department was informed about our survey results We requested for remedial measures
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What we did with our Survey Results We highlighted: Busy traffic during office hours in & around IT parks Need of better traffic control near market places Dissatisfaction with current facilities for parking
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Road Safety for the Disabled
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Safety for the disabled 2.68 crores (26 million) Disabled in India Lack of recognition of their needs Acute shortage of facilities Roads Difficult for them to navigate
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Additional Problems faced by Disabled No safe Footpaths Lack of Ramps Crossing Roads Difficulty to enter/exit vehicles Difficulty in driving a regular vehicle
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Our Suggestions Possible Solutions Smooth Footpaths for Wheelchairs Construct Ramps & Railings +/- Steps for Footpaths Overhead bridges with ramps for crossing roads
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Our initiative: For the Disabled Designed a model of Safe City Designed an Ideal Car Approached our Corporator with a request for safe roads Attempted to highlight their problems through a Street Play Conducted a survey on road safety for the disabled
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Model of Safe City
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Letter to the Traffic Police Department
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Street Play
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Survey Results
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The Ideal Car
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Additional Features in an Ideal Car SOS Button Sleep Detectors Breathalyzer Proximity Sensor Auto-drive GPS to Follow Speed Limits, Traffic Rules Different Control Options for the Disabled
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SOS / Alarm button Need: Increase in crime rates Features : Alert the nearest police Send GPS location Double press to alert for ambulance services Mechanism: Connects each car to the nearest cell tower/ Geo-stationary Communication Satellite
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Proximity Sensor Need: Our survey revealed that most accidents are because drivers misjudge distances in front & behind their cars Solution: Proximity sensors around the car Beeps to alert driver Automatically engage the brakes if some object enters within safety perimeter
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Sleep Detectors Need : Most long distance drivers cause accidents due to exhaustion Solution: Sleep detectors Step 1: Pressure sensors on the steering wheel Sense slackening of the driver’s grip Step 2: Heart rate detector on the seatbelt Pressure slackening + Slow heart rate Auto drive engaged
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Auto-Drive Need: Drowsiness in Driver Mechanism: Automatically slows down the car and veers it slowly towards the left Guided by proximity sensors Green rear light to show engaged auto-drive to alert others
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GPS Need: Speed kills Solution: Connect car GPS to speedometer Auto alert to Driver first & to authorities if Speed exceeded
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Breathalyzer Need: Drunken driving Foremost cause of road traffic accidents Solution: Breathalyzer connected with Ignition Car fails to start if driver fails the test
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Enhanced Control Options Need: To allow the disabled to drive Solutions: Different Controls: Hand controlled Accelerator & Brake for the disabled Ramps to enter & exit the vehicle All major car manufacturing companies need to offer these feature on their cars
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Ideal Car : Side View
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Ideal Car : Dashboard
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Additional Suggestions Stringent Testing before Driving License Awarding good driving behavior Compulsory safety mechanisms in all Car models e.g. air bags, seat belts, child restraints, etc. Uniform phone numbers to contact Traffic Police & Ambulance in case of emergency
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Additional Suggestions Stringent rules against drunken driving Helmets made compulsory for riders Speed limits for most roads One way traffic wherever possible
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Thank you!
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