«Save the lanes» .. A simple technique to avoid car accidents

Since the English engineer, John Perber, invented the first internal combustion engine in 1791, efforts are continuing around the world to create economical, comfortable, and safe cars to transport humans and their objects along the length and width of the earth.
Now, the world's population is more than 7 billion and 500 million, and the number of vehicles sold in 2017 is almost 80 million cars, almost double the number sold in 1990 (39.2 million cars), but it is not without high risks Of human beings, losing about 1.25 million lives each year due to road accidents, as well as hundreds of thousands of people with permanent disabilities.
However, simple technologies may contribute to reducing these risks. According to a recent study by the American Institute of Highway Safety, lane keeping systems - a technology that prevents vehicle drift from lane to lane - are less prone to accidents than unmanned vehicles, and this technology can reduce accidents By at least 11% per annum. The study concluded that the integration of a number of other simple security techniques with the new technology may reduce accidents by more than 21%.
Components of the new system
The archiving system consists of a video camera to detect traffic lane signs, and monitor the location of the car inside the lane. The camera quickly and continuously scans the traffic during the movement of the vehicle, then transfers images to a processor that evaluates the vehicle's position. The processor is programmed to read images from the camera, with traffic rules in mind.
After reading the camera images, the wizard begins to give warnings to the driver in several cases. If the vehicle deviates from the middle of the lane, the wizard starts to light a yellow bulb and issue an annoying sound until the driver adjusts the position of the vehicle. If the driver intends to leave the traffic lane A place where the driver is not allowed to leave or without a proper signal, the system illuminates a different light and makes a loud, noisy sound to alert the driver to a mistake that may lead to an accident in which he loses his life.
The study relied on data from police records on car crashes and crashes in 25 states between 2005 and 2015. Researchers analyzed all data on drivers, including age, race, and factors that caused accidents, their vehicle types and safety ratios, to find The technologies provided by their vehicles - airbags, seatbelts, intrusion prevention systems and blind spot control - all of which are simple - have reduced the casualty rate by 86% annually in the United States alone. The blind spot is where the driver can not see the cars behind him in the side mirrors of his car.
Binding procedure
"Safety enhancement techniques must be imposed on all manufacturers," says Jessica Sheitkino, vice president of the American Institute of Highway Safety and principal investigator of the study. , Must be mandatory, asserting that their availability in cars will contribute to reduce road accidents in large proportions.
The cost of installing a drift-prevention technology from one lane to another costs about $ 500 per system - about £ 8,800 - a sum that is not seen by Jessica as large compared to the benefits that societies will have in avoiding accidents or even reducing them.
"Manufacturers can not do without the engine or steering wheel, but they simply abandon electronic sensor or airbag systems," says Jessica. "So the vice president of the Institute Safety "Manufacturers and traders - even in developing countries - must be forced to meet all safety standards in cars."
Low and middle-income countries account for 90% of road traffic fatalities worldwide, although they account for only 45% of the world's vehicles, according to WHO statistics.
According to the World Road Safety Report issued by the World Health Organization in 2015, vehicles sold in nearly 80% of the world do not meet basic safety standards because of increased demand for vehicles in emerging economies.
Another point of view
However, another study by the Insurance Industry Finance Institute in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says that technology is not the solution. Drivers whose cars are filled with modern technologies spend more time staring at displays, so part of their interest is diverted. Incidents.
Drivers who provide their vehicles with blind spot monitoring systems often do not look at the car mirror when changing lanes, so accidents may result from mismanagement and diverting attention from modern technologies, the study says.
Major General Yusri al-Roubi, assistant to the former Minister of Interior for Traffic, agrees with the recent study. He believes that the systems of preventing cars from drifting to another lane are "very limited, especially in Egypt." Tail ".
In his view, Al-Rubi said that modern technologies could be "distractions and distractions," he said, adding that the avoidance of accidents must be dealt with in a whole system based on "awareness rather than technology."