Application of New Technology for Road Safety Optimization in Cameroon. The Case of Geographic Information System (GIS) On Buses and Trucks
Kah Elvis F.
Kowah Bazil E.
Stephen Kome Fondzenyuy
Abstract
Some countries around the world have set their objective to attain zero accidents on their roads in some few years to come. Cameroon certainly also works towards this objective. However, in Cameroon there exists a temporal or better still inadequate application of new technologies in the optimization of road safety measures. This study focused on using the GESPROS SA approach in monitoring their buses and trucks in Cameroon. The GIS system use SeeWorld GPS devices. This device is used to detect locations, speeds, driver behaviors, and status of buses and trucks. The study further shows how tracking location, track monitoring, overview information, report information, captured information, detail information, and playback information can be extracted by the control unit which if adopted can enhance efficiency, accuracy, and effective monitoring system, which then can further fast tract decisions making processes in Cameroon.