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Auto safety winners on their projects:
Anna Zimnoch Mastriano took first place with her design of a portable safety screen:
"Its main purpose is to reduce rubbernecking, which happens when people on the highway drive by and see an accident or roadwork. They slow down to look, and it causes accidents and delays and fender-benders. All the emergency vehicles would be equipped with the screens. They would be three feet tall and stackable. The Jersey barriers (highway dividers) would accommodate them in the future. They would be lightweight, and the screens would be retractable. The emergency crew would set them up."
Award UB winning students watch the races at Lime Rock Park. |
Dan Sterling of Enfield and Maria interlandi of New Haven won second place for their warning system. Sterling explains it:
"Our concept was a blinker system. If you were to cross the lane markers on the highway it would send out a warning — it would turn on a light on the dashboard and set off a loud buzzer. If you don’t turn on your blinker when changing lanes, it sets off the alarm. It reminds you to put your blinker on. Or if you're falling asleep, it wakes you up. It has a sensor that senses the lane markers and then alerts the driver with the buzzer and light."
Peter Klutch of Monroe was fifth, with a warning hazard light system:
"Basically it's an additional safety measure that would be included when you activate the hazard lights on your car. It sends out a radio signal to all the other cars in the vicinity. A red flashing light goes out on your dashboard alerting you that there is a vehicle ahead of you that is disabled. You would be more aware of it."
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