Shri B. P. Umashankar
Additional Commissioner Transport (Admin) Transport Department, Karnataka
On vehicle location tracking system(VLTS): VLTS scheme has been introduced for safety of women & children. The scheme will be implemented in the state of Karnataka from Jan 2021. For this we have to set up a monitoring center. The funding of 60% for the project has come through Nirbhaya fund from the Government of India. Karnataka share is 40% of project cost. There are around 800,000 vehicles to be fitted with VLTS and emergency buttons. ISRO has been appointed as Project Management Consultant for this project in Karnataka. Key features: It has a monitoring centre which is an Integrated Command and Control Centre in compliance with AIS - 140. Benefits for the public transport user: First and foremost it will ensure the safety of passengers. In case of emergency he/she can send an alert signal to the command centre just by pressing Emergency Button. The implementation strategy based on classification of different types of vehicle / plying for different Sectors / Purposes such agriculture, Goods Logistics, Sand, taxi, Buses, etc., makes the owner beneficial in some way or the other to escalate his business. Value mapping for transporters catering to different sectors. Benefit to state transport: Traffic Inspector can enforce strictly the laws related to Motor Vehicles. With the route vehicles are plying, online validation of if it is doing on permitted route or not can be known. Comprehensive control on movement of commercial vehicles. The fines collected can be used for sustaining this project.
Shri Anil Ramchandra Patankar
Chairman Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport, Maharashtra
Benefits of Vehicle Tracking Device It has helped Traffic Officers/Staff towards noticing any major accident or water logging or any traffic jam due to morcha, agitation etc and take necessary actions as to route diversions or any other changes accordingly. The passengers can come to know about the expected arrival time of the bus & thus accordingly can take decisions. AIS 140 compliant device for ensured passenger safety? Since, this particular device has not been installed on BEST buses, no comment can be made as to, ensuring safe travel for passengers or any incident where passenger raising alert & unforeseen mishap averted.
14 | Telematics Wire | October 2020
Are you Connected? Bhupesh Kanyal Panasonic Automotive Systems India
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onnected in today’s world doesn’t mean just being in contact. More than a connection, it is a pipeline of continuous data flow. From human connectivity to machine connectivity, the living spaces of people have changed a lot making the complex lifestyle apparently more simple and efficient. Humans always communicate and exchange information but nobody would have imagined that in future machines or devices would be communicating by themselves without human intervention. The journey of communication has been on an upward trajectory, from pictogram and scripts in the ancient time to telegraph, telephone, radio and television in the modern age. The world has come much closer, through newer modes of communication and with a faster exchange of information. Technology is enabling this change and believe me, this is not the end of technology advancement and honestly speaking this is not enough. We are experiencing the same in one of the most advanced industry segments - “Automotive”. Similar to the field of communication, automobiles are undergoing a huge and rapid transformation. Starting from the first three wheeled Motorwagen of “Carls Benz” using an internal combustion engine to the rise of a giant “Toyota” using advanced gasoline and hybrid solutions to the youngest and biggest automotive manufacturer by market capitalization “Tesla” riding high on electric vehicles. Today the amount of electronics penetration in modern vehicles is tremendous and thought provoking. Each vehicle has hundreds of devices/sensors generating thousands of data signals while moving on the road. Autonomous vehicles are the next big technological advancement in automotive industry where millions of data bytes will be generated each day. Both, communications and automobiles are going through rapid advancements at higher speeds to achieve a common objective “BETTER CONNECTIVITY”. When these two fields come together to offer a faster and safer transport it’s called - Vehicle Telematics. Now imagine a situation where father of a young girl asks his cloud assistant, “Where is Monica?” and the cloud assistant answers back: Monica left office at 6:00pm. Started from her office with one person in the car. Had a stop at MG Road Coffee shop from 6:32pm to 7:12pm. Paid 1258 INR using her
