Iranian Gov’t Calls on Knowledge-Based Firms to Provide Solutions for Improving Road Safety

Sadeq Tavassolizadeh, the head of the guiding center of the knowledge-based economy development headquarters of the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, underlined that the main goal of the national project to provide knowledge-based solutions for road transport safety and reducing accidents and casualties is to use the capacity of knowledge-based companies and present innovative and technological solutions to reduce casualties and damages caused by driving accidents.

“This plan includes the preparation and implementation of a package of technological and innovative solutions, each of which has its own effect, and together they create a flow to reduce road casualties in Iran,” he added.

“Using the RFPs, the knowledge-based companies send their proposals to our center and in the next stage, by evaluating the proposals, the project will move forward in cooperation with the selected knowledge-based companies in the first pilot phase,” Tavassolizadeh said.

In a relevant development in May, researchers in an Iranian knowledge-based had designed and produced an intelligent warning system for automobiles to predict accident possibilities and prevent them.

Iranian Researchers at a knowledge-based company designed and built an intelligent pre-accident prediction and warning device.

“The experts at this company are working towards the development of various systems for smart vehicles using new technologies such as artificial intelligence, and we are trying to focus more on the systems for increasing the safety of cars,” Ali Parsa, the managing director of the company said.

“After reviewing various international research and commercial examples of systems related to autonomous vehicles, this company has succeeded in designing, manufacturing and producing an intelligent pre-accident warning and alert device. We have also tested and evaluated this product by designing and developing an autonomous vehicle test simulator and conducting testing it on streets and roads,” he added.

“The intelligent device for predicting a crash into the vehicle in front of the car and warning before an accident is designed and built to prevent road accidents caused by driver drowsiness or distraction,” Parsa further explained.

“This device is installed on the front part of the interior part of light or heavy vehicles to predict a possible crash into the vehicle in front of the car and prevent accidental exit from the road or road lane. It alerts the driver by creating an audio warning so that the driver quickly gathers his wits and hit the brake and does not crash,” the managing director of the company added.

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