Device To Caution Drivers From Using Mobiles While Driving Developed

BANGALORE: A device that is said to check accidents and warn drivers from using mobile phone while at the wheel has been developed by engineers of institutes. This is because studies proved that use of cell phones while driving plays a major contributing factor in growing number of mishaps,

“Though various systems do exists for detecting the use of a cell phone,the trouble is that, these commercial systems do not have the ability to differentiate whether the cell phone user was either the passenger or the driver,” Dr.H.Abdul Shabeer, Dean- Research, AVS Engineering College, Salem, said.

The product, costing around Rs 450, was developed by Shabeer and Dr.H.Abdul Zubar, Professor -Mechanical Department, Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem.

“Even under extreme condition i.e., when all passengers use cell phone except the driver, the product is able to distinguish that it isn’t the driver who uses the mobile.”

The electronic product of size 6cm x 5cm was designed based on System Mount Device technology “which helps in detecting whether cell phone use inside the vehicle (either for communication or using Internet) is either the driver or the passenger,” he said.

The system operates whenever the user starts the vehicle; the device attached above the driver’s head receives the radiation emitted by the phone.

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