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
drivers 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
