Avery Dennison’s latest product OmniCube™ not only improves retro-reflectivity but its Intelligent Cube Technology efficiently returns light to drivers of all vehicles, including heavy Trucks, SUVs, Automobiles with the newest headlight designs and motorcycles.

Swedish Transport Authorities are planning to start discussions with leading telecom companies to provide in-built mobile phones in cars that will switch off or automatically slow down the car if the driver reacts in a dangerous manner due to a phone conversation. Italy, on the other hand, has developed a software that allows information on hazardous roads to be shared through all smartphones.

According to the National Crime Record Bureau’s 2008 report, Mumbai tops in the list of accidents in India. It accounts for one out of every five fatal accidents in the country. This latest compiled data with the home ministry shows that Mumbai accounts for 18.5% of total accidents in the country. Kolkata, with a record of 1.8%, comes at the ...

Ganapati Visarjan this year went without a traffic hiccup in Mumbai under his supervision. And now with emphasis on new technology, stationing women cops at traffic signals, organising driving lessons and workshops for errant drivers, and kickstarting an initative of levying fine with a smile, Mumbai’s new Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Vivek Phansalkar seems to be a man in ...

Swareflex provides reflective inserts of different shapes, sizes and colours for a whole range of road studs. The coefficient of luminous intensity (C.I.L.) of the inserts depends on the number of glass elements and the angle of the insert or the glass elements in the road stud. It is also into reflectors for guard rails which show the course of ...

For people working in sensitive and dangerous areas, Shree Arc of Delhi designs Safety Apparels. These products increase the visibility of individuals at night or in poor light conditions. High quality standardised materials are used in the products, giving them a world class quality. They also give a corporate image to the users. The jackets are available in fluorescent orange, ...

Subtronics (India) Pvt Ltd has launched a Breath Alcohol Analyser which also has a Printer (Model: SIPL5321). This means that after detecting alcohol vapours in the breath of the suspected offender, the product gives an audio-visual indication if the reading is above the pre-set level. The person blows into the mouth-piece of the instrument and a sample of his/her breath ...

Highway Traffic Management System (HTMS) involves inflow of information regarding the road status to the road management. It will involve information like traffic hold-up and accidents. HTMS also pertains to subsequent decision making by the road management (Operations) company based on the above information. This might include sending a patrol vehicle to regulate traffic or an ambulance to the accident ...

Magnetic Autocontrol, a leading traffic solution provider specialising in barriers, has come up with a high security application for immigration control or management. The application, Immigration Gates, can be used at airports, sea ports or in-land border crossings, for authorising access to any of these places. For this, measurable physical characteristics like finger print, face recognition or palm geometry are ...

Hyderabad’s hi-tech city flyover that was inaugurated recently by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr K Rosaiah is the first flyover in the country that uses solar energy for its lighting. Energy efficient Sodium Oxide (SOX) lamps, charged by solar power, are used to light up the flyover. The system has been designed and implemented by Tata BP Solar Ltd through ...