Bengaluru Students Have Built A Device That Will Help Ambulances Pass Easily Through Traffic

It is said that ¡®change does not happen in one day, but you should never stop trying¡¯ and this is what this group of students believed. To tackle one of the most recurring problems in Bengaluru - blocking ambulances - these students found a unique solution.

They made a ¡®Traffic Control System¡¯, which is an innovative solution for the traffic police who struggle to make way for ambulance stuck behind rows of vehicles on the city's roads. Students of the Sapthagiri College of Engineering, created a light sensor that will detect the light pulse sequence of the ambulance. With all this, the traffic police can manually operate signals and let the ambulances pass, according to The New Indian Express.

Now the team of students are patenting their creation. The students includes all the fourth-semester Electronics and Communication Engineering students Nitin BS, BK Harshit, Prathika VM and Dhanush Bhardwaj HP.

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¡°The electronics and communication functions of the system are implemented by two micro-controller boards in the traffic light unit and one micro-controller within the torch,¡± said the students. The traffic lights control system consists of a light code sequence detector mounted above the red traffic light, and a light pulse sequence emitting torch. The light pulse sequence is detected by a light sensor interfaced to a micro-controller. The torch has a micro-controller that produces a pre-determined sequence of light pulses,¡± the group told TNIE.

The light sensor will be placed on a ¡®black-yellow pattern¡¯ board which will help the ambulance driver in heavy traffic. ¡°The light code sequence detector recognises light sequences and signals the traffic light control circuit to switch immediately to green and allow the ambulance to pass,¡± they added. The invention has been filed for patent issue by the Indian Patents Office, they added.

To bring a change, the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill which was proposed earlier has now been passed by the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As per the amendments, the new bill will imply a hefty fine on traffic defaulters.

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One of the notable changes to the Motor Vehicle Act includes a penalty of Rs 10,000 to those who do not give way to an ambulance on the road.

The much sought reform in the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 will bring a similar fine on those driving with a suspended license, a new report citing a government official mentions. Such penalties will range across offences like drunken driving, dangerous driving, over-speeding and overloading. Aggregators violating driving licences can further be fined up to Rs 1 lakh under the new bill.