Is there automatic system to check whether all vehicles crossing a given hilly road have recahed safely.?

Question

In hills several times isolated moving vehicles crash down into valleys without anyone coming to know about it. The occupants die due to lack or absence of relief and rescue as no body comes to know of the accident imediately.

Can a computerised automatic system like telemetric be installed at the beginning of the road and at the end of a accident prone segment of the road which could relay the vehicle crossing the entering point to its counterpart at the base of the hill so that if any vehicle does not reach the end point is known and its tracking is possible. Such auto monitoring systems can also be placed at selected intermediate points with some relief and rescue teams.

Answer 1

US Officials in parks have always recommended filing travel plans with someone you know/trust so that authorities can be alerted if something goes wrong.

In this day and age, it is really stupid to go wandering in the outback without telling anyone AND not taking along an emergency beacon that activates itself as required.

As for the "trip segment monitor" you describe, the most reliable method would be to station radio-equipped people at either end of the segment with radios in all vehicles so that failure to exit the segment results in a warning to following vehicles.

As for automating such a system (presumably without humans), I am sure a local custom electronics shop would love to quote you time and material on such an arrangement since all the hardware exists presently.

My suggestion would be active RFID tags connected to a laptop-controlled monitoring system (ie, road side sensing arrays at entrance and exit points on the segment being monitored). This uses existing technology and requires little, if any, modification to any vehicles involved.

Another suggestion would be to equip every vehicle with a hi-res GPS system; all of which to be monitored from a central point. This is a lot more sophisticated but has the advantage that it is a lot more portable (ie, easier to set up, take down, etc.).

It's all about money and time. Enjoy!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I imagine economics would play into it. The cost to implement such a system, would outweigh the few instances it would detect, and the cost of false alerts.

Second, many people are wary of someone monitoring there whereabouts - think Big Brother. If you don't mind, they are many options today, if this bothers you. One is an EPIRB, your personal satellite beacon should you be conscious to push the button. Another is OnStar, that GM system It can be activated when your airbags deploy, if you don't can't answer the operator, they signal your last known coordinates to the local responders.

Truckers sometimes are monitored by GPS & Cell equipped devices that report to the dispatcher where they are at all times.

So right now the answer is, you can implement strategies today for you and yours for this type of monitoring, but don't count on the government to do so in the near future.

Answer 4

The technology is here. Lojack could be used if you had it and the signal to turn it on could reach the car. Also cell phones now have superior GPS tracking capability. It would take a lot of money to put the infrastructure in place, and no one likes to pay more taxes.

Answer 5

A phone system on this road would be the cheapest. Poeple could call some one when getting on it and tell them, if I don't call back in x number of minures send some one to look for me The road woud have to be gated at each end so people were forced to us the phone to enter and exit. .