RAILWAY ACCIDENT CONTROL

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i am happy to say that i and my friend saravana pandian won the first prize in the Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi...i would like to share that papers abstract with you all...

EMBEDDED BASED RAILWAY SAFETY SYSTEM
-life is priceless, life protection is cheap.
Right from the splendid starting of 2010 to July 19, 2010, Hundreds of precious lives have been taken from our mother INDIA, in thirteen train accidents. The Gyaneshwari Express train derailment and Sainthia train collision are the two major accidents this year, which killed 223 passengers….
Trying to be responsible citizens of this nation, here we propose a design to reduce these accidents.
“Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.”
-J.R.R. Tolkien (English Writer)
The main drawback with locomotive system in use is, even if the pilot identifies any problem in the rails, he needs at least 500 meters to stop the train using emergency braking systems, which is practically impossible. So, we send our ROVER 500 meters ahead of the train to check for any obstacles or damages found in the track (rail) using sensors and intimate to the train as well as to the nearest station via Radio Frequency with the help of a microcontroller.

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