1. YOUR IDEAS YOUR INITIATIVES By : DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUNE

2. 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.

3. Need: Sharp rise in number of vehicles over the past decade

4. Need: Number of Vehicles / 1000 persons doubled in five years

5. Need: Poor Maintenance & Congestion of Roads

6. Increase In Number Of Vehicles Bad Road Network Unsafe Roads Need:

7. 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!

8. Our Project: To focus on: Road Safety In General Road Safety For The Disabled specifically

9. 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

10. Road Safety for All

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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)

15. 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

16. Our Suggestions Insufficient Parking Multistoried Parking in existing Parking Areas Using old Roads with New Flyovers for Parking

17. 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

18. 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

19. Our Suggestions Free Passage for Ambulances Sound Detectors before Traffic Signals Automatic Green Signal for Ambulance Siren

20. Our Suggestions Women Safety in Public Transport & Taxi Emergency SOS button at every Passenger Seat & GPS Heavy fine for Misuse

21. OUR INITIATIVE We conducted:  Workshop for Nursery students in our school  Opinion Survey with People on roads  Questionnaire Survey on 100 people

22. Workshop with nursery students

23. Survey on the roads

24. Survey

25. Survey Results

27. Busiest Area of Traffic in the City

31. Main Problem with the Roads

32. Steps taken at an Individual Level

36. What we did with our Survey Results  Pune City Traffic Police Department was informed about our survey results  We requested for remedial measures

37. 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

38. Road Safety for the Disabled

39. 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

40. Additional Problems faced by Disabled No safe Footpaths Lack of Ramps Crossing Roads Difficulty to enter/exit vehicles Difficulty in driving a regular vehicle

41. Our Suggestions Possible Solutions Smooth Footpaths for Wheelchairs Construct Ramps & Railings +/- Steps for Footpaths Overhead bridges with ramps for crossing roads

42. 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

43. Model of Safe City

44. Letter to the Traffic Police Department

45. Street Play

46. Survey Results

51. The Ideal Car

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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 driver’s grip  Step 2: Heart rate detector on the seatbelt  Pressure slackening + Slow heart rate  Auto drive engaged

56. 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

57. GPS  Need:  Speed kills  Solution:  Connect car GPS to speedometer  Auto alert to Driver first & to authorities if Speed exceeded

58. Breathalyzer  Need:  Drunken driving  Foremost cause of road traffic accidents  Solution:  Breathalyzer connected with Ignition  Car fails to start if driver fails the test

59. 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

60. Ideal Car : Side View

61. Ideal Car : Dashboard

62. 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

63. Additional Suggestions  Stringent rules against drunken driving  Helmets made compulsory for riders  Speed limits for most roads  One way traffic wherever possible

64. Thank you!