In the Harnessing AutoMobiles for Safety, or HAMS, project, we use low-cost sensing devices to construct a virtual harness for vehicles. Indeed, among the leading causes of road accidents are such factors as speeding, drunk driving, and driver distractions, all of which can be mitigated through better driver discipline. It is our thesis that improving road conditions, vehicle health and, most importantly, driver discipline would help boost road safety. The major factors impacting safety - vehicles, roads, and drivers - see little or no ongoing monitoring today, especially in countries such as India. So it is no surprise that the problem has attracted attention at the highest levels of the government, including from Prime Minister Modi himself during a radio address in 2015. Besides the heavy human cost, road accidents also impose a significant economic cost.
For instance, the estimates of road fatalities in India range from one every 4 minutes to almost a quarter of a million, or 20% of the world’s total, each year. Middle-income and particularly low-income countries bear a disproportionate burden of road accidents and fatalities. Road safety is a major public health issue, accounting for an estimated 1.35 million fatalities, and many more injuries, the world over, each year, placing it among the top 10 causes of death. New – HAMS Automated License Testing Dashboard is Live! Context
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