INDIAN TRUCKING SECTOR- PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

Long ago,when I watched a show on discovery channel about indian truckers, as indian it was embarrassment for me to see our fellow countrymen in these pity situations. To be honest, we don’t give respect to them and always watch them as school dropouts, poor and helpless people. Though we know that we cant survive without them. From food to medicines,LPG cylinders to everything we use in our daily life and house are being provided by them. But still they are not getting credit what they deserve. Today I will try my best to make some points for their better life.

1. RESPECT- They need respect, problem in our country is that we don’t respect any skill worker. I was talking to some american diesel mechanics on facebook regarding their job. Almost everyone told they love doing their job and they earn much better than any degree holder. I can say same about truck drivers too. Europe and North America are facing a big shortage in trucking industry that’s why they are worried about it and arranging free training courses to young drivers. One of my cousin brother too drives truck in canada after leaving his job as engineer, his parents are government employees and have big house in chandigarh but still they are proud of him. We treat truck drivers as slaves and that is one reason they feel depressed. So we should change our mentality.

2. Safety- In India mostly truck operators think only about their benefits. In western countries, they check vehicles every year and then give clearance to run on roads. England’s Drivers And Vehicle Standards Agency shared their data as 9 out of 10 vehicles inspected in 2014/15 were healthy and had no problem. In middle east, Government authority examines trucks every year even police can stop any truck anywhere at any time to check mechanical parts of truck so that their roads and other passengers on roads can stay safe. In India we don’t have system like that and mostly truck owners make their drivers life hell by not spending single penny on repairing of trucks . Unfortunately, while accidents only poor drivers have to suffer every kind of pain and loss.

3. Corruption - Nothing to say about this cancer in our society. We always see overloading trucks on roads, when many truckers tell about fake challans of overloading,then they do it deliberately for making some profit. Every driver has to pay bribe for crossing border of any state,seems GST could change this trend as around 22000 crore rupees go in pockets of corrupt policemen and traffic officers every year.

4.Technology..Indian government is trying best to make drivers life easier. As trucks contain35 tons load,so stopping such heavy truck at exact time at exact place is not an easy task. Our truckers drive in rainy and snowfall seasons too,that’s why it is important to have new technology to brake calmly. ABS is mandatory and am sure it will help saving valuable lives on roads. Government has already made AC system compulsory in trucks.Drivers drive in hot summers and windy winters, thus they need AC in summer from saving themselves killing heat waves of rajasthana and heater in chilly jammu-kashmir and himachal in unbearable winter.

5. Salary and insurance- Unfortunately, we don’t see this job as good or skilled profession, therefore salary is also low. After many years of experience , one could earn 3000040000 rupees. On the other hand any university graduate can earn more money than it without any experience, this gap is hugeeeeeeeee. In western countries, people and government understand value of skilled and hardworking people,so they pay more and give every kind of support to make their life stress free in this stressful and risky profession. They need all types of life insurance,medical check ups and some holidays too for spending some time with their families. Their salary is low that’swhy they drive slowly on roads to save money from less consumption of diesel and that creates problems for others.

6. Timing- In trucking sector,time is very crucial factor.Our Indian drivers spend20% of their valuable time on checkposts of various states. They have to wait many hours for entering in any state . On the other hand,only 4% of our freight is being carried by refeer trucks thus we waste  $13 billion of fresh food every year and this situation is when then we have the most hungry people in the world who die due to hunger. Therefore some big transport companies are doing their best to change these stats by buying more and more refeers and avoiding perishable products. In this way,drivers can take their sleep properly without worrying about products. Latest study shows how drivers who sleep even one hour less than 7 hours, are dangerous on roads and their chances of accidents increase by ignoring required sleep.

I might have missed many points,but these points are the most important to make our saviors life better.

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Hacking- Car hacking incidents

New era,new technology and new challenges 

As India is going through demonetisation phase and everyone is talking about cashless economy and then there are some experts on every news channel to discuss safety of online wallets,so i thought that this is the best time to see what has happened in automobile industry regarding to hacking .

I remember when last year, US Senators Edward J Markey and Richard Blumenthal shared some laws that will guide NHTSA to set some parameters to keep cars secure from any such hacking.  Even FBI raised the matter of car safety this year , so this is really dangerous thing.

Some months ago there was one news that how some thieves stole the car without breaking anything of car  in England. They just used car's  keyless technology to hack that car and stole it. So many incidents like it happened with same car model, so they had to upgrade their software to make car safe again.

almost every car fan knows what happened with Jeep Cherokee some years ago. Remember !! Yeah you guess it right , same Jeep which was hacked by two hackers and they applied brake and transmission stopped working on the road . Chrysler had to recall 1.4 millions cars for upgrading software . Though the hackers were in jeep but still this news shook the auto world.

Tesla is one of the most famous and environmental friendly car in the world, i remember in 2010 ex worker played with the computer of  cars of customers so he could get revenge from his ex employer. As he was only 20 years old and he did'nt create much problems but still this incident raised questions on car safety. But no need to worry, Tesla has better security than any other car manufacturer, though two hackers got success in hacking Tesla but they had to work so hard to found weak links for hacking, also they had to sit inside the car and connect to the CAN, luckily from far it is not possible. Tesla too has security system which don't allow car to cross 8 kmph speed when computers detect something fishy in the system, car goes to neutral and everything is okay. 

As technology in cars is increasing day by day and everything is connected to internet, things could be dangerous in future. Every car has around 35 computers in it , from transmission to brake, from cruise control to tyre pressure etc etc everything is connected to computer so one should worry about security too but experts say that car makers didn't think about it and now they have to make everything safe before launching in market. Experts also say that too much use of internet and wi-fi in cars can make them more hacking friendly, satnav , Apple car play and google android auto could be dangerous in future too. 

So so many news about different cars and different manufacturers tell story about safety of our beloved cars. I wish future will be secure and car manufacturers will spend big money on safety of cars too.. Thanks for reading, keep supporting , good bye .

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IPHONES ARE BETTER THAN ANDROID PHONES!!! ATLEAST IN THIS CASE.

IF YOU WANT SAFETY THEN PAY MORE!!

HAVE  YOU EVER THOUGHT WHY MINISTERS OR HEAD OF STATES NEVER USE ANDROID PHONES!! I HAVE SEEN PICS OF MANY INTERNATIONAL LEADERS, MOST OF THEM USE IPHONES AND BLACKBERRY PHONES. BLACKBERRY WAS KNOWN FOR IT'S SECURITY AND NOW APPLE IS LEADER IN THIS FIELD. BUT SEEMS ANDROID HAS BECOME "PEOPLE'S PHONE" LIKE WE HAD "PEOPLE'S CARS" IN PAST..  BOTH OF THEM ONE HAVE SIMILARITY , THAT IS CALLED LOW PRICE. MANY COUNTRIES HAD THEIR OWN "PEOPLE'S CAR" BUT ANDROID IS LIKE FOR EVERY COMMON PERSON IN THE WORLD WHO CAN AFFORD PHONE AT LOW PRICE.

SO THAT'S WHY SECURITY IS AT STAKE IN ANDROID CASE, SO MANY LOW BUDGETED AND NEW COMPANIES MAKE ANDROID PHONES, PRICE STARTS FROM EVEN AROUND 4 USD (INDIAN MANUFACTURER "FREEDOM" CLAIMS IT) , LEAVE IT STILL WE CAN BUY ANDROID PHONE AT 25-30 USD. SO CLAPS FOR ANDROID TO PROVIDE SMARTPHONE TO EVERY PERSON OF THE WORLD. BUT AS IF LOW PRICE IS LIKE BOON THEN IT HAS IT'S OWN DISADVANTAGES TOO. LIKE IN APPLE CASE, APPLE MAKES IT'S OWN PHONES, THEY DON'T PROVIDE THEIR SOFTWARE TO ANOTHER THIRD PARTY MOBILE COMPANY. SO THEY KEEP UPDATING THEIR SOFTWARE TO KEEP THEIR USERS'S PHONES SAFE. EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE USING 4S OR 5S CAN UPDATE LATEST IOS, SO THEY ARE SAFE. BUT IN ANDROID CASE, THIRD PARTY PHONE COMPANIES DON'T CARE ABOUT SECURITY OR UPDATES , THEY SIMPLY DON'T CARE, THEY SELL PHONES AND THAT'S ALL (I AM TALKING ABOUT SOME COMPANIES), THAT'S WHY MOSTLY ANDROID USERS ARE STILL USING LOLLIPOP , SOME ARE USING KITKAT TOO. SO THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM, WHEN WE ARE USING OUR SMARTPHONES FOR NET BANKING AND OTHER FINANCIAL USES, THIS ONE IS SERIOUS AND REAL THREAT .

SOMEWHERE I READ THAT IN USA, BIG NETWORK COMPANIES LIKE T-MOBILES, AT & T AND VERIZON WERE STILL SELLING 65-75% ANDROID PHONES WITH LOLLIPOP AND YEAH SOME WERE SELLING KITKAT VERSION TOO. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO USE LATEST ANDROID VERSION PHONE, THEN ONLY CHOICES WAS SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 WHICH WAS TOOO EXPENSIVE .. EVEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE NEXUS PHONES, WHICH GET LATEST SOFTWARE EARLIER THAN OTHERS . SO THIS ONE IS BIG PROBLEM. IN OTHER WORLD, AROUND 75-80% APPLE USERS WERE USING LATEST IOS, 15 % WERE USING 8 AND REST WERE USING OLDER THAN 8.. SO TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE .

IN CONCLUSION, ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT GOOGLE IS LIKE BOON FOR EVERY COMMON PERSON IN THE WORLD, THEY PROVIDE TOO MANY THINGS TO ALL OF US, BUT THEY SHOULD THINK ABOUT THIS PROBLEM TOO TO KEEP EVERY PHONE SECURE. 

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REMEMBERING OLD MOBILE PHONES WHICH HAD GREAT AUDIO QUALITY .

MISSING GOOD QUALITY AUDIO PHONES!!

IF YES THEN DON'T FEEL YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE , WE MISS THOSE OLD DAYS TOO. REMEMBER WHEN WE HAVE PHONES LIKE NOKIA N-73 , NOKIA 6233, SONY WALKMAN SERIES !!! OH EVEN I BOUGHT NOKIA 7610 JUST FOR ITS AUDIO. ONE REGRET I HAVE IN MY LIFE IS THAT I COULD'NT BUY NOKIA 6233, IT WAS JUST LIKE BUYING NEW IPHONE ON IST DAY OF IT'S LAUNCHING. ONE OF MY FRIEND HAD NOKIA 6233 AND HE USED TO PLAY SONGS IN SCHOOL BUS AND WE DANCED LIKE MAD PEOPLE (WTF WORRIES WERE AT THAT TIME!!) , SOUND WAS LIKE DJ EVEN BUS DRIVER USED TO SAY TO DECREASE VOLUME OF PHONE SO HE CAN DRIVE WITHOUT ANY DISTRACTION. SAME STORY HAPPENED WITH NOKIA N-73. YEAH THIS TIME I WAS LUCKY, I GOT IT (THANKS TO ANY UNCLE WHO SENT ME FROM ABROAD, IN INDIA IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE) THEN CHINESE PHONES CAME INTO LIFE WITH AUDIO LIKE "YOU WANT PARTY , BUT DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR DJ!! DON'T WORRY, WE ARE HERE WITH 4 SPEAKERS IN ONE PHONE " HERE I AM TALKING ABOUT CHEEP CHINESE PHONES, IN OTHER MEAN COPY OF IPHONES OR PHONES WHICH DIDN'T HAVE ANY WARRANTY. I KNOW I BOUGHT CHINESE IPHONE IN 2400 INDIAN RUPEES (50 USD AT THAT TIME), UNFORTUNATELY I HAD TO RETURN IT AFTER 2 DAYS AT HALF PRICE. OH AUDIO ON MY BLACKBERRY WAS ALSO GOOD.. BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT PRESENT ..

WE ARE WATCHING HOW MOBILE PHONE INDUSTRY IS DEVELOPING AND MAKING NEW TECHNOLOGY DAY BY DAY. BUT STILL QUESTION IS, ARE WE MISSING THOSE GOOD QUALITY AUDIO PHONES !! ANSWER IS BIGGGGGGG YESSSSSSSSS. 

SO WHEN EVERYTHING IS IMPROVING THEN WHY AUDIO QUALITY IS DECREASING !! EVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT !!! NO, OK LET'S THINK IT ABOUT NOW. IS GOOD AUDIO OUR PRIORITY NOW ?? AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, NOKIA 6233 , N-73  AND SONY WALKMAN SERIES WERE FAMOUS FOR AUDIO QUALITY AND IT WAS THEIR USP, SO PEOPLE USED TO BUY IT FOR GOOD AUDIO. NOW DO WE TALK ABOUT GOOD AUDIO WHEN WE BUY NEW PHONE !!! ANSWER IS BIGGGG NOOOOO.. NOW WE DON'T USE PHONES FOR ONLY SONGS AND VIDEOS , WE USE IT FOR EVERY WORK LIKE IT IS OUR NEW MINI COMPUTER , WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME ON SOCIAL NETWORK SITES AND APPS, WE SPEND MOST OF TIME IN READING SOMETHING AND ON OTHER THINGS LIKE PAYING BILLS, SHOPPING OR BLOGGING (THAT'S WHY IT IS CALLED SMARTPHONE).. SO WE NEED GOOD SPEED FOR EVERY TASK , THAT'S WHY WE PREFER MORE RAM AND POWERFUL PROCESSOR , WE NEED GOOD SCREEN  THAT'S WHY WE PREFER BETTER SCREENS LIKE FULL HD, 2K AND NOW 4K TOO. WE NEED GOOD CAMERA, WE KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT MOBILE CAMERA BUT IT IS NOT IN CASE OF AUDIO. WE NEED FAST CHARGING TOO. BUT AGAIN WE MISS GOOD QUALITY AUDIO , BUT WE DON'T COMPLAIN IT BECAUSE WE GET TOO MANY THINGS AND WE IGNORE AUDIO QUALITY ..

SOME COMPANIES ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO PROVIDE GOOD AUDIO TO THEIR CUSTOMERS, THAT'S WHY THEY ARE USING HI-FI AUDIO CHIPS, THEY ARE TAKING HELP OF DOLBY (LEADER IN AUDIO TECHNOLOGY), LOSSLESS AUDIO TECHNOLOGY , HRA TECHNOLOGY . SOME COMPANIES ARE PROVIDING DUAL SPEAKERS , WHICH ENHANCES AUDIO QUALITY AND VOLUME .. THIS TOPIC IS TOO VAST THAT I CANNOT COVER IN ONE POST, IN NEXT POSTS I WILL TRY MY BEST TO DISCUSS EVERY TECHNOLOGY .

THANKS FOR READING . GUD LUCK 

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