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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Our main product - a mobile app called OKO - makes every pedestrian light accessible to blind and low vision pedestrians. Cities all over the world struggle with making their pedestrian lights accessible by installing an audible signal. Physical audible signals have multiple challenges: they cost up to €50.000/intersection, they produce a lot of noise pollution and hence neighbours complain, they often brake, it's cumbersome to maintain them, they are not 24/7 operational due to noise pollution, etc.
OKO provides blind and low vision pedestrians with a handheld audible signal through their smartphone. OKO uses the back camera and AI to identify the pedestrian signal status. Differentiable audio, haptic and visual feedback is being used to convey that status. OKO doesn't rely on additional infrastructure to be installed and doesn't rely on a WiFi nor cellular connection. We provide blind and low vision pedestrians to safely cross the street with more ease and confidence. Our technology is game changing the market in many ways.
OKO provides blind and low vision pedestrians with a handheld audible signal through their smartphone. OKO uses the back camera and AI to identify the pedestrian signal status. Differentiable audio, haptic and visual feedback is being used to convey that status. OKO doesn't rely on additional infrastructure to be installed and doesn't rely on a WiFi nor cellular connection. We provide blind and low vision pedestrians to safely cross the street with more ease and confidence. Our technology is game changing the market in many ways.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
The IDB closes several very important gaps, left open by other road accident data which are mostly provide by police units called to the scene of an accident.
1) The IDB provides data for single party accidents, where no police might be involved. Most notably bike accidents.
2) Some accidents are not classified as traffic accidents but are closely related. These peripheral accidents are shown in the IDB. For instance, accidents in public transportation are not consider traffic accidents unless a transport vehicle is directly involved. Accidents occurring on the entrance to a subway station, or the escalator are still problematic though and can be shown with our data.
3) The IDB is set up in a way that we can look at comparatively small portions of traffic accidents in detail. This allows us to react to emerging phenomena such as E-scooter accidents.
1) The IDB provides data for single party accidents, where no police might be involved. Most notably bike accidents.
2) Some accidents are not classified as traffic accidents but are closely related. These peripheral accidents are shown in the IDB. For instance, accidents in public transportation are not consider traffic accidents unless a transport vehicle is directly involved. Accidents occurring on the entrance to a subway station, or the escalator are still problematic though and can be shown with our data.
3) The IDB is set up in a way that we can look at comparatively small portions of traffic accidents in detail. This allows us to react to emerging phenomena such as E-scooter accidents.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Die Unfallstatistik der letzten Jahre zeigt, dass die Verkehrsunfälle mit E-Bikes immer häufiger werden. Das E-Bike wird immer beliebter und immer mehr Menschen sind mit einem elektrisch betriebenen Fahrrad unterwegs. Viele unterschätzen jedoch, dass es ein richtiges Handling benötigt, damit das E-Biken auch sicher ist. Die sehr wirksamen Bremsen überraschen beispielsweise neue E-Biker sehr häufig und es kommt zu Unfällen. Mit unseren E-Bike Sicherheitskursen ist es möglich, wichtige Tipps zu bekommen um sicher und unfallfrei alle Vorzüge eines E-Bikes zu genießen.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Problematic Speed for road safety.
Specifically: Excessive speed, that is to say driving at a speed higher than the maximum permitted speed as well as Inappropriate speed, which is defined as driving at excessively high speeds given the traffic situation, infrastructure, weather conditions and/or other special circumstances. Speed is one of the most important causes of road accidents: 10-15% of all road traffic collisions and 30% of fatal injury collisions are the direct result of excessive or inappropriate speed.
An increase in speed by 10 km/h leads to a risk of a fatality of 220% of the initial event, i.e. the risk has more than doubled.
The implementation of infrastructure projects and the identification and rehabilitation of dangerous points on the road network is one of the strategic axes of the RSI.
In a E-77 road axis part, in particular in an area of 4 km of the Chalkida-Psahna road, there has been a high rate of fatal road traffic collisions over the last 20 years due to problematic speed.
The aim of this project was the design of interventions related to infrastructure in order to improve road safety by enabling drivers to control their behaviour.
Specifically: Excessive speed, that is to say driving at a speed higher than the maximum permitted speed as well as Inappropriate speed, which is defined as driving at excessively high speeds given the traffic situation, infrastructure, weather conditions and/or other special circumstances. Speed is one of the most important causes of road accidents: 10-15% of all road traffic collisions and 30% of fatal injury collisions are the direct result of excessive or inappropriate speed.
An increase in speed by 10 km/h leads to a risk of a fatality of 220% of the initial event, i.e. the risk has more than doubled.
The implementation of infrastructure projects and the identification and rehabilitation of dangerous points on the road network is one of the strategic axes of the RSI.
In a E-77 road axis part, in particular in an area of 4 km of the Chalkida-Psahna road, there has been a high rate of fatal road traffic collisions over the last 20 years due to problematic speed.
The aim of this project was the design of interventions related to infrastructure in order to improve road safety by enabling drivers to control their behaviour.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
The road safety challenge is motorists parking their vehicle on footpaths and cycle lanes, blocking access for pedestrians, cyclists, pushchairs and those with reduced mobility. This leads to vulnerable road users such as wheelchair users, the visually impaired, people with buggies, children and older pedestrians not having adequate room to walk safely, potentially forcing them out onto the road. Parking in cycle lanes forces cyclists out into mainstream traffic, where there is an increased risk of a collision occurring.