Virtual light communication based traffic and road information broadcasting system

This paper presents on the road safety smart system using virtual light communication (VLC). The system developed was to enhance the safety for the driver to be alert with the traffic light to avoid accident or collision. Most accident happened at the traffic light and this situation become the top reason of the accident in urban country. In addition this system are developed to offer more benefits by interfacing it with virtual light communication technology. Traffic safety information broadcast from traffic lights using Virtual Light Communication (VLC) is a new cost effective technology which can draw attention to drivers to take necessary safety measures. The new designed system are based on transceiver that using virtual light as a medium to transferring data to a receiver. The transmitter on the traffic light and areas at risk zone will show the warning and remaining seconds of the light transition in the monitoring display in user’s vehicle to alert the driver on the road condition. To achieve this, both hardware and software developed suite to its objectives to show its functionality. The main development tools used for this system are, Arduino IDE 1.0, LCD display, and photodetector.