Abstract
Road Traffic is growing all over the world and so are the associated complexities and problems. It is imperative for every driver to abide by the traffic rules for safe journey. These rules including speed-limits and warning signs vary and differ from place to place and it gets difficult for drivers to remain mindful of abiding by such varying rules at all the times and places. Over-speeding is one of the most crucial issues all over the world. Most of the fatal accidents occur due to over-speeding and it becomes extremely difficult for traffic controlling authorities to have an effective control on over-speeding by applying conventional methodologies. Besides smooth running and excessive traffic-jams, the main concern of traffic regulating authorities is to help drivers to remain watchful of local traffic rules including speed-limits. It is the need of time to have an effective control on the over-speeding of every vehicle on the road during day and night without detailing multitude of traffic-wardens equipped with speed checking devices.
To effectively circumvent with the issues, a traffic regulating system is proposed mainly comprising of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver equipped with Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), and micro-controller. The proposed work is going to be an effort to control and regulate the speed of the vehicles augmented with computer software to enable the third party or owner/supervisor to know the location, speed and activity of the driver. The system will transmit information in real time. The use of GSM/GPRS technologies will allows the system to track the objects and provide the up- to-date information. The proposed equipment/device will compare the present position and speed of the vehicle with applicable traffic rules and on occurrence of any violation, will caution the driver in his/her choice of language and will also send the violation information to the supervising authorities. Implementation of the system especially in Pakistan, can lower the number of accidents & ensuing casualties. The proposed system can be a viable source of revenue-generation for traffic-controlling authorities through automatic fine-generation system, without putting resources in terms of manpower and equipment on the roads. This system can also be linked to emergency services like Ambulance & Fire Brigade Services for real time accident notification and with the help of real time location information, services can respond more quickly and efficiently.