Arduino Based Footboard Accident Prevention System for Electric Locomotives

Abstract:

Railway transportation is one of the largest transportation networks in India, which conveys 23 million of commuters everyday mainly due to low cost of payment and nonexistence of any traffic difficulties. Even though there are locomotives with automatic doors, the negligence of both drivers and passengers often results in tragedy. Footboard accidents are occurred frequently due to lack of awareness, non- availability of trains often and sometimes unforeseen reasons by nature. In the proposed system, an arduino based accident prevention module is developed which detects and alert the person standing near footboards of the locomotives. It is spotted by the ultrasonic sensor that transmits and receives signals and there by communicate it to the loco pilot. The power for the proposed system is taken from the locomotive and it is controlled by the android based smart phones with the special app inbuilt in the system.

• Periodical: Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 105)
• Pages: 172-178
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.105.172
• Online since: April 2021
• Authors: N. Sivanantham*, A. Dinakaran, M. Sujith
• Keywords: Android, Arduino, Footboard Accident, Ultrasonic Sensor

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[1] The smart bus control and monitoring system is developed with an aim to make human driving safer and to overcome the accidents. In cities thousands of people commute in buses and many of them travel by standing on the footboard, which risks their own life. The project is developed by integrating load sensor and eye blink sensor with Arduino board. The load sensor is attached to the footboard of the vehicle which detects the presence of the passenger. If the passenger stands on the footboard above the programmed time, the bus gradually stops. The eye blink sensor detects the drowsiness of the driver. When the driver's eyes are closed more than the programmed time, it alerts the driver with buzzer. This system will reduce the manual failures and ensure the passengers safety.

[2] The Smart Footboard Accident Anticipation System in buses is the system developed with an aim to prevent the footboard accidents in buses. In cities more than thousands of people commute in buses and almost all are travelling by standing near the footboard, which risks their own life. Even though there are buses with automatic doors, the negligence of both drivers and passengers often results in tragedy. Hence such an automated system which detect passengers' presence on the footboard and restricts the driver from moving the bus. It can be designed, this system from the scratch in such a way that the whole system is quite modular so that it can be easily add extra features to the system such as tamper-proofing, extending the system with retarder etc. This system can save many precious lives in their day to day commutation.

[3] A major portion of the population relies on the public transport, particularly buses, for their day-to-day travel. This results in fatal accidents of the passengers especially during travelling in the footboard of the buses. Therefore, there is a need for an automatic footboard accident prevention system in buses for ensuring the passenger safety. The present work, automatic footboard accident prevention system is carried out to ensure the safety of the passengers from accidents during travelling in the buses. The present system comprises of an ultrasonic sensor, Hall Effect sensor, accelerator pedal locking system and alarm indication system. The ultrasonic sensor is attached to the side walls of the footboard of the buses to detect the presence of passengers. The Hall Effect sensor is fixed on the steering arm of the front left wheel to detect the motion of the bus. A signal from the ultrasonic sensor and Hall Effect sensor enables the accelerator pedal locking system, to restrict the movement of the bus. The signals are also sent to the alarm indication system to warn the driver and the passengers. This present system ensures the safety of the passengers during boarding and de-boarding of the buses by preventing the acceleration of the buses if there is any passenger on the footboard during the stationary position of the bus. The hardware of the above system occupies only less space and consumes lesser power.

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