Murad Muhammad Al-Ostaz, Tariq Khader,
King Hussein Foundation - Jubilee School, Amman, JORDAN
It`s reported that the frequency of over-height vehicles` accidents increased by 75% between 1995 and 2009. This research offers an innovative method to minimize the occurrence of accidents caused by over-height vehicles under bridges and tunnels. The procedure involves placing an IR detector on a specific height on both sides of the road before the traffic diversion, if the vehicle crossed the IR beam a signal would be sent to a device inside the vehicle that would alert the driver with an alarm and a voice message to go by the diversion. Danger, accidents and economic loss will be avoided if the driver is fully attentive to the alarm inside the vehicle which is our project`s idea. In the final analysis; over-height vehicles` drivers should be fully aware to the height of bridges and tunnels, or to the traffic diversions in roads using the new warning system in order to decrease the accidents and danger that leads to death.