Blog: Smart Cars , Safe Cars , Social Cars ?

Thursday 31 August 2017

Smart Cars , Safe Cars , Social Cars ?

Today’s Times of India carries an article , titled :

“ Telematics can detect even yawns and trigger alert : Soon , all of us will be driving smart , safe cars “

Article goes on to list following features of such a SMART DRIVE :

GETTING TELEMATICS-READY :

· Any car can be made smart using RFID stickers , mobile apps or retrofitted devices

· Fast 4G cellular networks will make services available across country

WHAT IT CAN DO :

· Alert police, hospitals and family after an accident

· Give drivers real-time alerts from social media data

· Alert fleet-owners to bad weather and roadblocks on the way

· Re-route past nearest fuel station if tyre pressure is low

· Capture video/photo evidence of accident, dispute or crime

· Detect driver fatigue and send alerts

· Continuously monitor truckers for distractions such as cell phones and meals

So much for the “ SMART “ and the “ SAFE “

Can telematics make cars ( for that matter , ALL vehicles ) also “ SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE “ ?

Not only it can , it must !

If you do not have time to go through my following blogs , reproduced below , is a partial list , from

“ Internet of Vehicles “ { 04 March 2017 }

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/internet-of-vehicles-iov.html

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Most vehicles will be electric ( essentially , “ computers on wheels “ ), automatically determining the best / shortest, route / stops and optimizing vehicle performance . Mobile Apps will be a governing device

· Vehicles will be internet connected with one another , exchanging data

· Vehicles will be internet connected with servers of Transport Authorities / Traffic Police / Pollution Control Boards and a host of other governmental / institutional organizations , and be relaying all sorts of data 24*7 . Vehicles will report accidents ( being hit ) and thefts ( being stolen ) , on their own !

· All vehicles will carry a whole lot of “ Sensors “ , which will continuously “ monitor “ the conditions of the vehicles and relay the same to all the authorities

· All vehicles will be equipped with RADAR – LIDAR –CAMERAS – GPS locators – / Augmented Reality etc , to avoid collisions / accidents

· Prepaid RFID chips ( linked to Aadhar / Bank Accounts ? ) for Road Taxes / Insurance Premiums / Toll charges / Fines / Carbon Credits ( through DBT )

· In-Built Sensors will measure , ( and request maintenance on their own ! ),

# Engine ( or Electric Motor ) temperature

# Pressures / Displacements / Compression Ratios in case of petrol / diesel

Vehicles / Battery Charge Levels / fuel consumption

# Emission Levels ( PM2.5 / CO2 etc ) in petrol / diesel vehicles

# Tyre pressures / wear and tear of moving parts / RPM

# Vehicle speed / acceleration / braking distance

# Proximity to other moving / stationary vehicles or objects

# Weather conditions / Visibility levels / Traffic Density

# Condition of the road being traversed ( co-efficient of friction )

# Condition of the person driving ( sleepy / drunk etc )

# Whatever else you want “ measured / monitored / relayed “

To know , how such an Internet of Vehicles ( IoV ) can solve the various problems listed above , you may want to read my following earlier blogs ( all sent as emails to NDA ministers ) :

· Un-Implementable Laws : Unstoppable Corruption ( 20 Feb 2017 )

{ https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/02/un-implementable-laws-unstoppable.html }

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· Welcome ! Elon Musk ( 10 Feb 2017 )

{ https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/02/welcome-elon-musk.html }

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· Let us Leapfrog the World ! ( 27 Nov 2016 )

{ https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/11/let-us-leapfrog-world.html }

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· A Step in the Right Direction ( 26 Nov 2016 )

{ https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/11/a-step-in-right-direction.html }

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