Reader Response Final
The article “Smart Road technology could turn highways into crash-sensing ‘touchpads’” (Cox, 2018) introduces and explains the latest features and the newest technology for roads and highways that will provide motorists and drivers a safer place to drive. The article states that having this technology will remarkably increase the safety of the riders on the road as there will be sensors and detectors to detect the movement of the vehicles on the road if there are any accidents that may occur while drivers are on the road. Even though ‘touchpads’ have their benefits, the downside of the technology is that it will affect the rural areas as they do not have advanced technology that will conduct proper electricity to the touchpads. With the improvement of ‘touchpads’ over the years, Smart Road Technology should be implemented as it improves the safety of motorists.
Firstly,
the application of Smart Road Technology is advantageous due to its correlation
to accident reporting time. As safety is a number one factor, the use of
sensors and detectors play the important role which reports accident
immediately through the ‘touchpad’. According to the NBC News website (Cox,
2018), the devices and technology being input will show that they can be alerted
immediately if any emergency occurs. Another article from intel ("The Future of Smart Road Infrastructure", n.d.) states
that the advanced and improved technology being installed in their handphones have
a monitoring system that will provide safety for riders and users for tracking
purposes. Therefore, having a smart application that can report time
immediately is one of the advantages.
Secondly,
another advantage will be the usage and the functions of the smart
slabs being constructed. The types of functions being input are wi-fi
connectivity, sensors such as pressure sensors and sensors that help the
environment like notifying the weather conditions. According to the NBC News website (Cox, 2018), the connections will be used in
the fibreoptic cables to put into the concrete slabs. From
there, a website stated that precast concrete is built as it is cost-efficient,
long-lasting and reduces the time to construct the roads (User, 2018). The advanced technology for the smart slabs will
provide useful and important information to users such as road conditions, wet
weather conditions or an accident immediately (Stein,
2021).
With the sensors and internet connection, emergency centres or users will be
alerted through their mobile phones. Hence, the usage and functions of the
smart slabs are one of the advantages.
On the
other hand, there is the downside of implementing smart road technology. As all
this smart road technology involves high technology equipment, it will affect rural
areas or cities where they do not have the proper equipment and technology
being input at those areas as well as the amount of money to construct the
smart road which states by the NBC News website (Cox, 2018).
Some rural areas may not receive internet connection which is a disadvantage as
users are supposed to receive information through their phones since the technology
will be connected to the users’ phones. This technology is best implied on a larger
scale rather than smaller roads and rural areas. Hence, the cost and areas will
affect the smart road technology.
In conclusion, the Smart Road technology with the newly-invented smart slabs and functions that are being implemented with the various experiments show that it will provide safety for all riders and pedestrians on the road, like the correlation timing. However, this smart technology is not suitable for rural areas or small roads due to the lack of technology.
References
Cox, D.
(2018). Smart road technology could turn highways into crash-sensing
'touchpads'.
Stein, A., & Stein, A. (2021). Smart Roads of the Future.
https://blog.ptvgroup.com/en/city-and-mobility/smart-roads-of-the-future/
The Future of
Smart Road Infrastructure. (n.d.)
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/transportation/smart-road
infrastructure.html
User, S.
(2018). Precast Concrete - Smart Pavement - The future of road building.
Hey Ruhi! its interesting to see your summary as we have the same topic but different summary. Overall I think it was an interesting reader response as you have different citations and it made the summary has more content. :)
ReplyDeleteHello Ruhi~ A well written reader response that has clear paragraphing that made it easier to read. It is well supported by multiple different references such as websites and news article and also states clearly on the advantages & disadvantages. 😊 I've definitely learnt something!
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