A group of students of Marian Engineering College have come up with a way to prevent accidents involving two-wheelers, especially high-performance vehicles that make use of the latest technology.
Final-year Mechanical Engineering students Aravind Mahadevan, Aswin J., Abhijith V., Anandhu Mohan, and Anand Vinod have come up with a low-cost mechanism which helps prevent three main causes of accidents. For starters, only a rider who wears a helmet and chin strap can start the vehicle.
Dimming lights
The students say a major cause of accidents is the blinding light from vehicles coming from the opposite direction.
With the mechanism devised by them, the bright light can be switched to dim on the approach of an oncoming vehicle. So, if both the vehicles have this mechanism, their headlights can be switched to dim, giving both riders a clear vision.
No more an ordinary bike
Also, a person under the influence of alcohol will not be able to start the vehicle at any cost. The students have converted an ordinary bike into a ‘safety bike’ that incorporates all these three features. Sensors have been used to control the switch-on of the engine.
A fatal accident involving their friend was what spurred the students to come up with the mechanism, under the guidance of their professor, Chandran.
They also took the help of their friend Krishnan Unni, an electronics engineering tutor, to get it to work successfully within two months.
