Motorcycle riding business monitoring system.

Abstract

The development of the motorcycle riding industry (Boda industry) has made so many people to join it both the educated and non-educated, the youth and the old, marrieds and non-marrieds since it’s a profitable business. The boda industry comprises of passenger carrying and luggage carrying motorcycles. The industry comprises of motorcycle hiring and also self-owning riders but most riders’ hirer their motorcycle from private owners at a charge thus profit sharing among motorcycle owners and riders but sometimes riders are unfaithful to motorcycle owners leading to them getting low profits or make losses. Motorcycle riding business monitoring system addresses the issue of unfaithfulness of most riders by determining the amount of money to be paid to private owners depending on presence of the passenger or luggage and the travelled distance with the passenger on the motorcycle. The money is displayed on the LCD to notify the rider and also inform of a message to the motorcycle owner. This report discusses the background of motorcycle industry in Uganda, problem faced by the owners as well as problem solving by showing the design and implementation of the above mentioned system.