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Adaption of Sensors and Microcontrollers for Train Safety Mission - Zero tolerance for accidents
(2012-09-17T06:29:42Z) Rekha, C; SHRIDHAR, BHARADHWAJ .K; SURAJ, M.D; PAVAN., N
Railways are the most important mode of transport and which has moved to the leisure and luxurious levels in developing nations. Modernization of railways in many countries has graduated it to the realm of smart transportation, and sensors accompanying with software have increasingly been playing a key role. In the rapidly flourishing country like India, accidents in the unmanned level crossings are increasing day by day. No fruitful steps have been taken so far in these areas. A significant challenge which arises in this context is travel comfort, safety and high operational efficiency. Realizing the importance of this area, the paper focuses on the “TRAIN SAFETY MISSION - ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ACCIDENTS” - that is making railway operations free of accidents, be it derailment, collision or fire on trains using sensors and microcontrollers. To bring out the convergence of sensing, communicating, computing and control over the accidents, following measures are discussed in the paper.