- Technically Complex Device -
scarecrow
-CONCEPT-
The concept is based on the ideology of a scarecrow protecting the farms. hence, it derives the same name ‘ScareCrow Barricades’. Just similar to a Scarecrow’s functionality, the barricades are sterile objects that are to be arranged/deployed at the desired place to maintain and control the traffic flow and to aware the drivers of work going on. A scarecrow in the farm protects the farm just by staying in it. The birds stay away just because of the presence of the scarecrow. Essentially the birds can feed on the cultivated crops as they want but they assume the scarecrow to be a human protecting the farm. The ScareCrow Barricades also function similarly, they are not impact resistant but they have benefits of making the drivers aware using the beacon feature and hence maintain traffic control during Road Maintenance.
-PROBLEM/OPPORTUNITY-
Roads are constantly under maintenance either for short times or long times. Roads are an essential factor of transport and hence they have to be kept in the most suitable condition for efficient transport and hence a lot of workers risk their life and work on busy roads which sometimes has lead to adverse situations.
Accidents can occur anytime and it is a need to safeguard and ensure a worker’s health under such circumstances.
Activites like :
1) Fixing Potholes
2) Maintaining Plantations on diversion
3) Construction of flyovers, metro etc.
4) Fixing Road
are almost carried out on modern cities on a regular basis and this means the workers risk their life regularly.
-CRITICAL INSIGHTS-
Road Maintenance is one major concern
• Safety for workers working on road is required
• Study of different materials and why they are used to manufacture barricades needs to be compiled
• Barricade needs to be weatherproof
• Durability and Accessibility can be explored
• Understanding the system of barricading is important
• Anticipation and smart planning can cause less damage
• Different types of situations require different types of barricades
• Color and visibility remains undisputedly one of the important factors
• Companies maintain a stock of barricades and supply to their sites as and when needed
• Maintenance of barricade does not happen as it is not paid much attention
• Accidents happen even if barricades are present, they need to be more forceful and visible to prevent such accidents
• Scenario analysis, to study and examine the function of barricades in different day to day simulations
• Possible elimiination of manual barrier ( remove the need of person with red flag on busy roads )
-DETAILED DESIGN BRIEF-
Reduce the risk of life through barricading which ensures to create a safe environment that reduces injuries or accidents with a combination of visual directions and physical barricades. The barricades should ideally be :
• Durable and Weatherproof
• Self-Supporting
• Lightweight and Heavy at the same time
• Should be deployed on uneven terrain
• Have visual cues
• of manufacturing scale
• Color coded for faster interpretation
• Patternable, can be arranged in patterns for efficiency
• Impact resistant, scalable
• Have enough visibility
-FINAL IDEATION-
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