Research Article

Road Safety: Adoption of ICT for Tracking Vehicles’ Over-speeding in Tanzania

by  Ally S. Nyamawe, Emmanuel C. Mbosso
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 96 - Issue 16
Published: June 2014
Authors: Ally S. Nyamawe, Emmanuel C. Mbosso
10.5120/16877-6876
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Ally S. Nyamawe, Emmanuel C. Mbosso . Road Safety: Adoption of ICT for Tracking Vehicles’ Over-speeding in Tanzania. International Journal of Computer Applications. 96, 16 (June 2014), 12-15. DOI=10.5120/16877-6876 

                        @article{ 10.5120/16877-6876,
                        author  = { Ally S. Nyamawe,Emmanuel C. Mbosso },
                        title   = { Road Safety: Adoption of ICT for Tracking Vehicles’ Over-speeding in Tanzania },
                        journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
                        year    = { 2014 },
                        volume  = { 96 },
                        number  = { 16 },
                        pages   = { 12-15 },
                        doi     = { 10.5120/16877-6876 },
                        publisher = { Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA }
                        }
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                        %D 2014
                        %A Ally S. Nyamawe
                        %A Emmanuel C. Mbosso
                        %T Road Safety: Adoption of ICT for Tracking Vehicles’ Over-speeding in Tanzania%T 
                        %J International Journal of Computer Applications
                        %V 96
                        %N 16
                        %P 12-15
                        %R 10.5120/16877-6876
                        %I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

The number of road incidents which result to deaths, injury, disabilities and loss of property is frightening. In Tanzania, the major contributor of road accidents is human factor which account for 74% in 2010. Vehicles' over-speeding is named to be one of the accelerating factors to the increase of road casualties. The existing measures to limit over-speeding has not shown major contribution to the road safety as there are only countable inspection points with speed radar guns as a way to limit over-speeding. This paper discusses the adoption of ICT for tracking vehicles and proposes the model for tracking in real time vehicles' over-speeding in Tanzania.

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Index Terms
Computer Science
Information Sciences
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Keywords

Over-speeding ICT and road safety GPS GSM Satellite.

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