Digital Twins of Road Signage: Leveraging AI and RFID for Improved Road Safety

Abstract

This paper explores ways to enhance road safety using advanced technology. The main idea is to apply RFID technology and AI to improve driver behavior and address potential hazards caused by drivers ignoring traffic signs, which can lead to dangerous incidents. We propose a digital twin model of road signage that processes data received through In-Vehicle Monitoring Systems (IVMS) and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. This data, analyzed with AI, provides final estimates and predictions in the form of instructions to drivers, as well as to Road Maintenance and Road Design departments. In conclusion, this model can synchronize and improve all road safety pillars: driver, vehicle, and road. Drivers, through warning messages about potential incidents, become safer drivers. Vehicles, applying these IVMS improvements, become safer vehicles. Roads, applying RFID tags, creating Digital twins of road signage and the ability to change infrastructure based on AI data, become safer roads.