Inspired by their Hyderabad counterparts, the Ahmedabad Traffic Police have decided to use Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) to monitor traffic in the city. The system will be introduced on a pilot basis by November-end. PDA is a technically advanced instrument equipped with extensive database, bigger keyboard and an in-built printer.
M M Anarwala, DCP Traffic, told The Indian Express: “This is a chip based system, which can record all information at the traffic junctions, traffic flow, fines, and violations among others, besides helping as a wide database. It would be connected to a central monitoring system.”
The PDAs will have mobile thermal printers installed within, which will help the officers immediately print and issue tickets to the offenders. It will be “sturdier, handy and better” in technology and function twice the speed of Blackberry, he added.
Also, it will be equipped with SMS facility with which the offenders across the state would be notified about their offences.
“These PDAs would be different from the usual PDA phones commonly used as smart phones by many for personal or official use. The sets will also have features like GPS-enabled navigation. It will operate from one common network connecting the traffic police across the city,” Anarwala said.
The move come close on the heels of the introduction of Blackberry phones to manage traffic at Panchvati, Parimal Gardens, Ambawadi, Mithakali Crossroads, Nehru Bridge and Stadium Circle. Sub-Inspector Kahar, who has the charge of handling the Blackberry system, said that although the policemen were trained to use the Blackberry, “they have not grasped it well”.
Source by Indianexpress
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