Think of the long lines that exist whenever there is a toll station on the road. Cars wait and wait to pay their tolls and the toll attendants sometimes even give the drivers paper tickets for each toll paid. Except for the rare driver who is on business and needs to report his expenses, why in the world would anyone need a paper receipt for a pay toll?
Well a young 19 year old man from Mumbai named Tapan Kane has invented a mobile phone app which goes a long way to attempting to solve this problem. As the saying goes, “there’s an app for that” and in this case – its true! Tapan Kane, has invented an app which he calls the Virtual Toll System (V-Toll App) which uses the GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) system to be able to tell when a car is approximately 500 meters and then 50 meters from the toll station.
When the car is 500 meters away from the toll station, the mobile phone app and the toll station communicate and a message is sent to the driver that a toll station is coming up and how much is needed to be paid. When the car is 50 meters away from the toll station, the app now deducts the amount of the toll from the driver’s account and pays the toll. This means that the driver is able to go through the toll station, pay the toll and not even need to slow down. Think of the savings. Tapan has said that “Approximately 10 crore vehicles pass toll plazas annually, wasting 87600 crore litres of fuel, estimated at Rs. 54, 000 crore. The carbon dioxide released during this period adds up to 22,812 tonne, thus becoming a health hazard to commuters, toll booth operators and residents living alongside the highways.”
We at IndiaFreelancers.com applaud inventors and developers who create things which make life better for all of us – such as what Tapan Kane of Mumbai has done. It is this creativity from India which is making our country one of the most sought after economies in the world. Employers from all over the world – America, Australia, Europe and China – come to IndiaFreelancers.com to hire tech talent because they have come to know the excellence and quality that is found in India and the tremendous value that comes from hiring a technological expert in India.
Ranjiv P for IndiaFreelancers.com.