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MAKING A POINT

the product range beyond conspicuity
tapes which are used on commercial
vehicles. Visiflex is a high-reflective
vinyl designed especially for vehicles.
To arrest visitor’s attention, a demo car
wrapped with VisiflexTM was placed at
the booth. It attracted a lot of attention
from Police department, RTOs, NHAI,
PWDs and even NGOs. VisiflexTM
is designed to increase daytime and
nighttime conspicuity of the vehicle. It
can be printed with customized logos
and designs and can be very effective
especially for emergency vehicles like
police, ambulances, patrol vehicles etc.
The features come with a durability a long tenure for this product solution. road furniture and vehicle safety
of seven years which impressed most Avery Dennison is a U.S. based solutions, meet ASTM, IRC, MORTH
of the visitors. Yudhvir Singh Malik- Fortune 500 Company with its reach guidelines and various global standards.
Secretary, MoRTH liked and agreed across the globe. The organization Signages made from Avery Dennison
that solutions like Visiflex are the need sheeting have been approved and
of the day. The police department also is a pioneer in the pressure-sensitive used in various projects of National
expressed keen interest in the product technology, with solutions in the form Highways, State Highways, PWD,
and requested for demos. The general of labels & packaging, vinyls, reflective Civic Authorities, Tourism, Municipal
interest and inclination towards safety sheeting and tapes. The comprehensive Corporations, OEMs, Oil Sector and
shown by the decision-makers indicate product gamut of reflective sheeting, private sector too.

NEWS PLUS

Govt to collect data of road accidents in real-time

he government has finally The ministry will soon engage validity, to name a few. The details
kicked off the process to collect an expert entity for development shall enable various authorities and
Tdetails of road accidents in real- and implementation of the accident research institutes to run different
time and their causes as it is done in details collection project. The scope types of analysis and understand the
developed countries. of work will include providing dynamics of road accidents in India
and implementing a GIS-based and take targeted measures in terms
The IT-based system for capturing
accident data from across the country computerised software which will of enforcement, road design etc to
will have a mobile-app that can send be compatible with Mobile Phone improve road safety in India.
Operating Systems for accident
alerts to the authorities for taking recording, storage and analysis. It will be rolled out across all states
action. and a centralised Accident Data
The fully automated system will Management Cell (ADMC) will also
With financial and technical enable various agencies like police, be set up. There will be provision for
assistance from the World Bank, PWDs, NHAI and state transport developing artificial intelligence for
the road transport ministry will set departments to enter details on a road predictive modelling system for road
up an IT-based system for objective accident from different angles such accidents based on collected data and
collection of data under the Integrated as investigation, road engineering, analysis of the same for prioritisation
Road Accidents Database project. vehicle condition and driving licence of measures to strengthen road safety.

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