Design and Implementation of a Vehicle Tracking System Using the Internet of Things (IoT)

Every Year, many car accidents happen worldwide because of the lack of law enforcement forces. To track the location and speed of any vehicle at any time and from any location, an efficient vehicle tracking system is created and tested. The suggested system has used IoT technology that has emerged recently and has brought about great changes and advancements in the field of scientific research, as well as provided great amenities in our daily life. The in-vehicle device makes advantage of one of the most widely utilized tracking technologies, GPS and GSM/GPRS. The gadget is built into a moving object (vehicle) that is automatically tracked and monitored in real-time. Mainly, the device consists of a microcontroller and an on-board diagnostic equipment (OBD). The Raspberry Pi microcontroller reads the vehicle speed via the OBD equipment at regular time intervals. To track the location of the vehicle, the Raspberry Pi microcontroller is outfitted with GPS and GSM/GPRS modules. and transmits the coordinates and speed to the central station via the internet web when the speed limit is exceeded. A database is used at the central station to store the information related to each vehicle. A fine will be issued automatically at the central station to the driver who breached the speed limit based on the received information from the in-vehicle device. The system has been successfully built and effectively tested at a lower cost than traditional systems that rely on the use of cameras on each road, as the proposed system will help in decreasing the chances of driver fraudulence and has proven its efficiency and accuracy to reduce excessive speed and reduce traffic accidents that lead to saving lives of many people daily.