Diseño de un dispositivo de asistencia vial con posibilidades de monitoreo de variables ambientales

Abstract

This research sought to provide a self-sustaining alternative to one of the main causes of traffic accidents in Valle del Cauca, road management. In Santiago de Cali, traffic accidents are the second cause of death most common violent according to a legal medicine report. Currently, Road accidents are linked to the terrain, human and mechanical errors and the road management, generating in the department of Valle a rate of deaths in the 60% in urban areas and 50% in rural areas [1]. In addition, another problem present in the city is the increase in pollution of the air, which involves various factors such as the increase in the number of vehicles, industrial pollution and deforestation, to mitigate this problem it is necessary to measure the state of local environmental variables so that can take measures that facilitate the reaction of government entities to the rise of variables harmful to human health. This is why we sought to respond to the possibility of developing a device self-sustaining, as a strategy to contribute to the improvement of road safety and the monitoring of some environmental variables. In this work, we investigated the circumstances and the possibility that with the resources available in the country can develop such a device while evaluating the feasibility of this implementation focused on the technical part. To answer this question, we began with the approach of the requirements of the device, with which it was sought to mitigate the problem exposed. Once the requirements were defined, the selection of the possible road safety devices that best fit the needs raised, for this an analysis of the technical aspects of the device, which in turn provide the basis for finally developing the design of the prototype.