Use of GPS, GSM and GPRS technologies to alert for speeding vehicles real time on Kenya highways

Abstract

In Kenya highways, there is still a high rate of road accidents. Most of these accidents are caused by over speeding and reckless driving. Most of the drivers are reckless and do not obey the speed set for given road places. On how to cub this, currently National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) measure over speeding using speed Guns. The speed Guns does not measure over speeding but rather calculate the speed at which the vehicle is travelling and require human intervention to detect over speeding. It’s has also used the speed governor which only detect a fix speed limit i.e. 80km/hr. along the roads for public vehicles. This therefore mean a place with a speed limit of 50km/hr., a public vehicle can easily over speed by 30km/hr hence the challenge is the dynamic nature of our highways speed limit i.e. Same road have different speed limits on different segments. This project is then all about how to dynamically detect speed violation and notification of relevant authorities real-time. This is achieved using a Configuration module that sets up all the segments and vehicles details, a GPS module that collect the GPS data and Processing module that calculate speed, detect speed violation and makes appropriate notification to relevant individuals. The prototype was developed using HTML5 and C# for the configuration module and data stored on MYSQL database. The GPS and Processing module was developed using android language and installed on a mobile device which was boarded to the vehicles and the data synchronized to the server using the GPRS technology. The notification were made using the GSM technology in the mobile device. This helps in the advancement of science and technology by diversifying the usage of GSM, GPS and GPRS technologies.