A group of school students have come up with an innovative idea to prevent the usage of mobile phones while driving.
The team of three students – M. Monisha, A. Harishma and V. Ethiraj, with the assistance of a teacher, has worked on a system which sets off an alarm if a driver receives a call or text message or makes a call while driving. The driver will have to turn off the ignition to stop it. The students developed the device in the aftermath of the recent accidents involving school vehicles in the State.
The circuit board that can be fixed to the steering wheel will have two ICs of which one absorbs a signal and another amplifies it and produces the sound.
“This system can be installed in public vehicles like school buses, autorickshaws and call taxis to prevent accidents. It was our idea. Ethiraj suggested that a device that produces noise like a siren be fixed in the vehicle. The system can be fixed in all vehicles and a separate light fitted outside will warn the police,” said Monisha and Harishma, students of Kaligi Ranganathan Montford Matric Higher Secondary School in Perambur.
Their teacher S. Alphonse said initially, they had designed the system so that the vehicle would automatically stop when the phone rings or a call is made. “But that might lead to accidents on highways, so we went for the second method,” he said.
Keywords: accident prevention, safety, driving, technology
Very inspiring to know young students inventing such interesting
devices to curb menace of people driving vehicles while using mobile
phones. They should get it globally patented soon before some
corporate biggies steal the idea and make money off it!
By the way I have serious doubts over this device getting forcibly
installed in buses or auto rickshaws as there is certainly going to be
lots of opposition to such a device being installed! Anyway, the real
menace of mobile phone use is amongst car drivers all over India and I
doubt anyone will install such a device in their vehicle. Such devices
might find patronage in western nations where road traffic is more
seriously observed and monitored and some countries might make this
device mandatory in vehicles there.
This is an excellent invention and kudos to the team! Well done, guys!
However, have you designed the system to sound the warning only if the
driver receives a call and not any of the passengers?
Nice attempt. Best wishes and good luck to all.
It is very interesting to know that such a system could bring down the number of accidents caused due to usage of mobile phones while driving.
Personally I wish to congratulate the students and their teacher for their thought but would like to add a note to help them improvise the gadget.
In the wake of so many sms and caller tune calls that are received; will one have to stop the vehicle each time such calls or sms's are received.
Best wishes and good luck to all.
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