Economic Times ( 24 Nov 2016 ) carries following news
reports :
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The government has told vehicle makers to provide
e-payment enabled digital identifiers in
all new vehicles to facilitate quick payment of toll taxes as part of its drive
towards a cashless economy.
The road ministry is advising vehicle
manufacturers that they must provide radio-frequency
identification (RFID)
facility in all new vehicles, allowing vehicles to cross toll booths without
stopping, economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das said on Wednesday. “This
will improve the functioning of toll plaza, digital payments,” he said.
Outlining more measures to encourage shift to a
cashless economy, Das said government organizations, public sector companies
and government authorities have been advised to use only digital
payment methods such as internet banking, unified payment
interface, cards, and Aadhaar-enabled payment systems to make payments to all
stakeholders and their employees.
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Passenger and commercial vehicles sold since October
2013 are equipped with digital identity tags to
enable automatic transactions at toll plazas, several industry executives told
ET on Wednesday even as the government told them to provide
such chips in all new vehicles.
“All new passenger as well as commercial vehicles produced already have the digital identity chip which has been manufactured as per the standards specified by the government in its notification in April 2013. But there is no service agency to facilitate cashless transactions at toll plazas,” said a senior industry executive who did not wish to be identified.
We have manufactured digital tags as specified by the government but service agencies do not want to use it,” a second industry executive said. “We can make changes to the tags also if required. But measures have to be put in place to utilize these tags,” the person said.
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Dear Shri Gadkariji
:
This goes to show that ,
* Our vehicle
manufacturers are capable of catching up with the vehicle manufacturers
anywhere in the World , in the matter of RFID sensing of the vehicles ,
* They are equally
capable of innovations that will enable India to leapfrog the rest of the World
, in matter of safe / efficient / clean / cheap , " Transportation
Technology "
I urge you , once again , to consider my following
suggestion ( sent to you earlier )
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Monday, 22 August 2016
No doubt , you have seen these words painted behind many trucks
in India
But Transport Minister , Shri Gadkari says : HORN NOT OK !
Times of India ( 17 Aug 2916 ) carries a news report titled :
" Gadkari wants to silence horns "
It goes on to quote Shri Gadkari :
" Honking and using pressure horns is a big menace on
our roads. Only rules and regulations can't address this problem . We need a
change in behavior and mindset of drivers "
Last week Shri Gadkari introduced a bill
which will impose on the erring ( honking ) drivers , a fine of Rs 1,000/-
A repeat offence will attract a penalty of Rs 2,000/-
Shri Gadkari added :
" The central law will create an enabling framework for the
enforcement agencies to use these provisions for reining in violations
The enforcement agencies must also do their job with sincerity
and must not use these provisions for making a quick buck "
Apparently Shri Gadkari is all too aware how this law will get
abused !
And prey , in a traffic of hundreds of vehicles passing any
road-crossing every minute , how will the policeman on duty decide " WHO honked ? "
Will not , on-the-road arguments / disputes ( Where is the proof that I honked ? ) end
up in " It is your word against mine " ? And bring the traffic to a
halt ?
Shri Gadkari thought of automatic toll plazas , where each
passing car would be embedded with an RFID chip
Even as the car slows down just slightly for CCTV cameras to
read the Car Number and transmit it to a Central Server , the toll amount gets
deducted automatically from the prepaid
RFID chip !
No need for a human attendant to collect payment , no waiting in
a queue , no arguments !
Why can he not just mandate all car / truck manufacturers to
pre-install a RFID based SCADA chip in
their vehicles which will flash the car number of the honking car, on the
Mobile Phone of the nearest policeman ?
No arguments !
And instant / automatic penalty deduction thru Mobile Wallet details , embedded in that SCADA chip !
( Some of these data will need to be entered into the chip by
the Vehicle Dealer at the time of sale )
But then nothing stops Shri Gadkari to tell the vehicle
manufacturers :
" What we need is a TRANSPORT
REVOLUTION
To bring that about , each SCADA chip must get
hard-coded with full details about that vehicle , such as :
* Type of Engine ( Petrol /
Diesel / Electric etc ) with CC / KW capacity and Engine Number
* Make / Model / Year of manufacture /
Sitting Capacity etc
* Anything else that you ( the Manufacturers
) can think up of , which will ultimately lead to sharing of
AUTONOMOUS CARS / BIKES and help reduce
individual/personal ownership. for a vastly underutilized asset "
This will enable the Transport Ministry to " Acquire " a
variety of Data , to keep track of the
following dynamically,
* No of vehicles on our roads
at any time / any place ( Traffic Density )
and their direction / velocity for better
traffic control . Delivered through a
Mobile App ( called, DIVERT ? ), this will help motorists in commuting
* Amount of Emission Gases being injected into the atmosphere by all
the vehicles and each vehicle .
Every time any vehicle fails to
meet BHARAT VI emission
standard , its Vehicle No will flash on the Mobile
Screen of the nearest Policeman , who
will pull it aside and immobilize it till set right !
* Which vehicle got involved in an accident , when , how , where and may be
, even " why " !
* Which vehicle honked when / where
I am sure , readers will come up with a list of other benefits
Much easier than trying to change ,
# Mindsets of drivers
# Temptation of trying to make a quick buck
For a change , instead of following, can we think of leading the
World ?
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27 Nov
2016
www.hemenparekh.in
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