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ADAPTATION OF ATC/ATP TECHNOLOGY IN FUTURE AUTOMOBILE DESIGNS.ByJOSHUA ODELEYEPRINCIPAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT OFFICERNIGERIAN INSITUTE OF TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY (NITT),P.M.B. 1148, ZARIA, NIGERIA.E-MAIL: joshuaodeleyeMobilephone: 234-803-590 5619Abstract.Despite the indispensability of automobiles in the modern society automobile technology is paradoxically regarded as one of the unfortunate things to happen to this generation because of its susceptibility to accidents. And, researches have confirmed that over-speeding among motorists, is one of the notable factors that underscored the persistent of ignoble carnages on various road networks globally, particularly in the developing countries.This paper, thus assessed the functionality and workability of Automatic Trains Control/Protection (ATC/ATP) technology in the railways in future automobile. This is a safety device that aptly combines the complementary advantages and potentials of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to harness and enhance safety in the rail transport.Consequently, this paper recommended the adaptation of ATC/ATP technologies in future automobile designs, such that in-built ICTs components in automobile will enhance safety on the road by alerting and/or warning vehicles occupants of inherent dangers promptly, as well as checking the reckless attitudinal posture and negative behavioural tendencies; such as over-speeding that usually lead to occurrence of fatal road accidents, among future motorists.Keywords: Speed, Safety, Accident, ICTs, ATC/ATP.IntroductionGlobally automobile enjoys exclusive patronage in carriage of goods and people. Research attributed this to its flexibility in rendering door-to-door services over time and space. Hence, the impact of automobile is been felt in all aspects of human socio-economic, political and cultural activities.Ironically, automobile has been highly susceptible to road accident. Despite the adaptation of the “Three E s” of traffic safety i.e Education, Engineering and Enforcement, the rate of global road traffic accident is alarming. According to a World Bank report (2001) it is lucidly stated that recent conservative estimates suggest that between 750,000 and 880,000 people died as a result of road accidents in 1999. Also about 25 and 35 million people were injured in road accidents worldwide, of which up to 75% were in urban areas.Interestingly, about 85% of these were in developing and transitional economies. Also, the economic cost of these accidents in the developing world has been estimated at US $65 billion, which is approximately equal to the total annual aid and lending of the international institutions to these countries. Road accident currently rank ninth as a cause of deaths worldwide and are expected to rise to sixth by year 2020. Even more significantly, because many of the people killed are relatively young, road accidents already rank second in terms of reductions in life expectancy.Nevertheless, ATC/ATP technology is been regarded as a succor in the modern railway, for it has helped in enhancing safety overtime and space.Recently, agitation for ATP became a political hot potato, with the amazing spectacle of demonstrators on Londons street shouting what do we want ATP! ATP! When do we want it! Now! After Ladbroke accident in 1999. (see Richard Hope, 2002). Furthermore, by 2008 ATP is mandatorily expected on all trains plying lines where train exceed 160 km/hr in Europe.Human Factor in Road Accidents.In an empirical road safety research carried out by European road safety experts in 1998, over-speeding was ranked first among all other contributory factors to road accidents in Europe. In other words, high velocities is being regarded as the greatest problem.Over-speeding a negative attitudinal/behavioural tendency often exhibit by most drivers globally seems to have defied all counter measures already put in place, particularly safety educational approaches such as safety jingle on radio and television, print medias, road side bill-board, training and retraining of drivers, stringent licensing processes etc, in which sense of reasoning of drivers are appeal to through appealing headline like “Speed Kills”.Hence, the need for a more comprehensive engineering approach, i.e integration of ATC/ATP components in future vehicles, such that it will complement optimally and configure collectively and effectively in a unit of automobile the concept of Three Es (i.e Safety Education, Engineering and Enforcement).ATC Configuration.Based on the proven success story of ATC application in the Vancouver Sky Train, its configuration is as follows:The ATC hardware is divided into two parts: the Vehicle On-Board Control (VOBC) located on the vehicle and composed a dual processor computer that continually monitors the position, speed and general status of the train, and the Vehicle Control Centre (VCC) located in the operations and maintenance centre that directs the train movement via the VOBCs. The VCC normally communicates with trains at least once every second and is capable of controlling up to 125 trains. If communications between a VOBC and the VCC is lost or garbled for more than 3 seconds, the VOBC fail-safe mechanism halts the train by applying the emergency brakes.Technical Justification for ATC in the Railway.Nowadays, nearly all track sections in Japan use automotive block systems as well as Automotion Train Stop (ATS) system. This is a replacement for the old token and tablet systems that secure train safety by relying merely on Unreliable Human Attentiveness. (Saito, 2002).Ogasa et al (1999), also stated that “Development of a zero speed electric brake system which is able to control speed to zero will make it possible for us to make halting control, without resorting to other types of brakes, because the electric brake is excellent in response. With a zero-speed brake, the following merits accrue: Reduction of maintenance work load involving replacement of brake shoes. Reduction of the mechanical braking systems weight and realization of an excellent Automatic Train Control for deceleration. It will eliminate 90% crashes caused by human errors such as misjudgments and in attention. It will check accordingly both human and vehicular negative tendencies like high-velocities over time and space.Operational Characteristics of ATC.Summarily, whenever the ATC cab signal shows Zero (Stop), automatically the train will stop, perhaps as a detection of danger ahead of the train or because of driver over-speeding. The ATC monitors the speed and intervenes if necessary. The ATC prevents the driver from exceeding any speed limit.Examples of Modal Technologies Transfer in Transportation.Transfer of technologies from one mode of transport to the other is nowadays prevalent as the concept of globalization continue to gain more ground in all human activities. And the flexibility in adaptation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has made possible the adaptation of Control Tower in the air transport to be possible in the modern railway transport in form of Centralized Traffic Control (CTC), whereby trains can be remotely monitor from afar by the traffic controllers.Also, the recent successful utilization of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) in the railway in the USA to determine and predict the components of track sub-grade as well as likelihood of any mishap, due to sub-grade failure. This, also can be likened to the radar operation in the air transport. These among others justified transferability of ATC to the future automobile designs and manufacturing.Upgrading In-Built Safety Apparatus in Future Automobile.Because of the alarming rate of road accident globally, auto designers/manufacturers over the year have optimally exploited some of the inherent potentials of ICTs in new automobile. For instance, some of the underlisted facilities are provided in new automobile as a way of enhancing safety of vehicles as well as the occupants. These include: Safety Enhancement Unit (SEU). Impact absorbing vehicle bodies. Antilock braking system (ABS). Rear collision avoidance device. ITS Intelligent Transportation System. On-board sensors. Installation of sensor on roads componentsNevertheless, road accidents on global road network is expected to be on increase in future, over time and space as stated above. This is because some of these safety facilities fail to have ultimate control over the excesses of the drivers as well as that of the vehicle, in term of high velocities. Thus, this existing system could be upgraded by designing a comprehensive package that will have an overwhelming and absolute control over this arbitrary and ignoble attitudinal and behavioural tendency of drivers. This proposed system is expected to put under control technically the unpredictable and unsafe dynamic nature of man that is responsible for high speed. In as much as speed limit control (through safety rule enforcement), as well as highway engineering seems a failure in this respect.ATC Control Unit Installation in Future Automobile.The most difficult measure to implement are those related to lowering speed and enforcing speed regulations, even though such measures are most effective in reducing the number of accident (see NR&TR, No.l, 2001).Definitely, there is going to be counter reactions from motorists against installation of ATC on future generation vehicle. This is going to be regarded socially as an irrational infringement on individual right to choose appropriate speed on a vehicle that have high speed capacity beyond the stipulated speed limit.However, because of the inherent safety advantages of ATC installation in future automobile, the ATC control unit could be installed in any of the following functional part of the vehicle, so as to guide against easy interference from drivers: Engine compactment Gear box compactment Fuel supply compactment Electrical compactment etc.The Role of ITU and other Stakeholders in standardization of ATC components in future automobile.All new technologies tend to be costly when they first become available in small quantities, then their costs decline as production volumes increase and the technologies mature (Shladover, 2000).This, also shall be true of ATC integration in future automobile generally. However, as times goes on the accrue benefit socially and economically is definitely going to be far more than the initial take off cost. For, there is definitely going to be a significant reduction in road traffic accidents caused by high velocities. Also, an expand Telecommunication Sub-section of the world economy will ensue over time, due to this new approach.However, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) should play the following pivotal roles in realizing the paramount objective of this paper, which is adaptation of ATC Technology in future automobile designs: ITU should collaborate with regional, continental and global safety organizations such as Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), National Transportation Safety Board, USA (NTSB), European Transport Safety Council, Belgium, (ETSC), International Transportation Association (ITSA). This collaboration will prepare a sustainable ground for a more safer designs in future automobile, using ICTs. Secondly, major stakeholders in automobile designs and manufacturing such as big time automobile manufacturing companies globally, should be lured into this sustainable alliance, such that acceptable standard on how this technology could be achieved, will be agreed upon by safety institutions, automobile manufacturers and ITU for a better standardization in future automobile. ITU should strive to anchor this tripartite collaborative efforts since ITU primary objectives would be to propagate the good tidings that in this era of globalization ICTs has a broader potential to minimize the extent of fatal accident on global road network, if properly harnessed by every stakeholders in road transport globally.Conclusion:The whole essence of integrating into the future automobile a component that will act exactly like ATC/ATP in todays trains, is a way of removing in its entirety the strait jacket approach, the blank cheque syndrome as well as license to kill and destroy given to todays drivers. This is as a result of the technical inadequacies inherently in today automobile and mobility to control some of the human emotional excesses while driving, particularly over-speeding.In sum, the generation un-born will appreciate this feat if it can be accomplished by this generation, for it has a significant capability to make the future road traffic environment sustainably safe. Thus, ITU should collaborate with global safety organizations, auto manufacturing companies as well as government agencies and private initiative like Non-Government Agency, with a view to helping the future generation minimize fatality rate on global road network.REFERENCES.- Cities on the Move: A World Bank, Urban Transport Strategy Review, Draft Document, Oct. 17, 2001.- Hosaka A. & Mizutani H. (2000) Improvement of Traffic Safety by Road Vehicle Cooperative Smart Cruise Systems. Journal of International Asso. of Traffic and Safety Sciences (IATSS) Vol. 24, No. 2 Japan.- Hope, R. 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Japan Railway and Transport Review, No. 16, 1998.- Zero Killed in Traffic from Vision to Implementation Nordic Road & Transport Research (NR&TR) No.1, 2001, Sweden.ADAPTATION OF ATC/ATP TECHNOLOGY IN FUTURE AUTOMOBILE DESIGNS. 适应空管/ ATP的在未来汽车设计技术。 By 通过 JOSHUA ODELEYE 约书亚ODELEYE PRINCIPAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER 主工作人员发展干事 NIGERIAN INSITUTE OF TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY (NITT), 尼日利亚INSITUTE交通科技（NITT）， PMB 1148, ZARIA, NIGERIA. 港口及航运局1148，扎里亚，尼日利亚。 E-MAIL:joshuaodeleye 邮箱：joshuaodeleye Mobilephone:234-803-590 5619 移动电话：234-803-590 5619 Abstract. 摘要。 Despite the indispensability of automobiles in the modern society automobile technology is paradoxically regarded as one of the unfortunate things to happen to this generation because of its susceptibility to accidents. And, researches have confirmed that over-speeding among motorists, is one of the notable factors that underscored the persistent of ignoble carnages on various road networks globally, particularly in the developing countries. 尽管汽车在汽车技术的现代社会不可或缺的矛盾视为一个不幸的事情发生 ， 是因为其敏感性一代事故。此外，研究证实 ， 超过之间驾车超速，是显着的因素之一这强调了在各种道路网络卑鄙的屠杀行为持续的全球，特别是在发展中国家。 This paper, thus assessed the functionality and workability of Automatic Trains Control/Protection (ATC/ATP) technology in the railways in future automobile. This is a safety device that aptly combines the complementary advantages and potentials of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to harness and enhance safety in the rail transport. 这种纸张上，评估的功能和可操作性的自动列车控制/保护（空/ ATP）的汽车 ， 在未来的铁路技术。这是一种安全装置 ， 恰当地结合了优势互补 ， 信息和通信技术（ICT）的潜力利用和加强安全的铁路运输。 Consequently, this paper recommended the adaptation of ATC/ATP technologies in future automobile designs, such that in-built ICTs components in automobile will enhance safety on the road by alerting and/or warning vehicles occupants of inherent dangers promptly, as well as checking the reckless attitudinal posture and negative behavioural tendencies; such as over-speeding that usually lead to occurrence of fatal road accidents, among future motorists. 因此，本文件所建议的空管适应/未来汽车的设计，这样 ， 在建的汽车将加强对道路警报和/或警告的车辆占用了固有的危险 ， 及时，以及信息和通信技术的安全检查ATP的技术组成部分鲁莽态度消极的姿态和行为倾向，如超速 ， 通常导致死亡交通意外的发生，在今后的驾车人士。 Keywords :Speed, Safety, Accident, ICTs, ATC/ATP. 关键词 ：速度，安全，事故，信息和通信技术，空中交通管制/ ATP的。 Introduction 导言 Globally automobile enjoys exclusive patronage in carriage of goods and people. Research attributed this to its flexibility in rendering door-to-door services over time and space. Hence, the impact of automobile is been felt in all aspects of human socio-economic, political and cultural activities. 在全球范围内享有汽车运输货物和人员。研究认为 ， 因为它在提供独家赞助的灵活性门对门服务 ， 在时间和空间。因此，人们认为汽车是在人类社会经济的各个方面，经济，政治的影响和文化活动。 Ironically, automobile has been highly susceptible to road accident. Despite the adaptation of the “Three E s” of traffic safety ie Education, Engineering and Enforcement, the rate of global road traffic accident is alarming.According to a World Bank report (2001) it is lucidly stated that recent conservative estimates suggest that between 750,000 and 880,000 people died as a result of road accidents in 1999. Also about 25 and 35 million people were injured in road accidents worldwide, of which up to 75% were in urban areas. 讽刺的是，汽车已被高度敏感 ， 交通事故尽管“三个电子邮件适应。s”的交通安全即教育，工程和执行，全球道路交通事故率是惊人的。据世界银行的一份报告（2001）它清晰地指出 ， 最近的保守的估计表明，75万至88.0万人 ， 作为1999年的交通事故而死亡。此外约25至35万人在道路交通事故受伤全球，其中75在城市地区。 Interestingly, about 85% of these were in developing and transitional economies.Also, the economic cost of these accidents in the developing world has been estimated at US $65 billion, which is approximately equal to the total annual aid and lending of the international institutions to these countries. Road accident currently rank ninth as a cause of deaths worldwide and are expected to rise to sixth by year 2020. Even more significantly, because many of the people killed are relatively young, road accidents already rank second in terms of reductions in life expectancy. 有趣的是，其中85是在发展中国家和经济转型。另外，在发展中世界的经济损失 ， 这些事故已在美国 ， 估计650亿美元，这大约等于全年的援助和对国际机构贷款这些国家。公路交通意外 ， 目前排名第九 ， 作为全世界的死亡原因 ， 预计到2020年上升到第六位。更重要的是，由于许多人丧生 ， 相对年轻的，道路交通事故已经排名第二 ， 减少在生活条件预期寿命。 Nevertheless, ATC/ATP technology is been regarded as a succor in the modern railway, for it has helped in enhancing safety overtime and space. 不过，航管/ ATP的技术被视为在现代铁路救助，因为它有助于加强安全加班和空间。 Recently, agitation for ATP became a political hot potato, with the amazing spectacle of demonstrators on Londons street shouting what do we want ATP! ATP! 最近，ATP的政治鼓动成为烫手山芋，与示威者在伦敦的街头高喊我们想要什么ATP的！ATP的惊人场面！ When do we want it! 当我们希望它！ Now! 现在！ After Ladbroke accident in 1999. 在1999年后拉德布鲁克事故。 (see Richard Hope, 2002). Furthermore, by 2008 ATP is mandatorily expectedon all trains plying lines where train exceed 160 km/hr in Europe. （见理查德希望，2002年）。此外，2008年ATP是硬性预期的行走路线都在列车超过160公里/小时列车在欧洲。 Human Factor in Road Accidents . 人的因素在交通事故 。 In an empirical road safety research carried out by European road safety experts in 1998, over-speeding was ranked first among all other contributory factors to road accidents in Europe. In other words, high velocities isbeing regarded as the greatest problem. 在一个实证道路安全所开展的研究在1998年欧洲道路安全专家，超速被评为欧洲所有其他交通意外的因素第一。换句话说，高速度正被视为最大的问题。 Over-speeding a negative attitudinal/behavioural tendency often exhibit by most drivers globally seems to have defied all counter measures already pu
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