SLEEP ACTIVATED BRAKE CONTROL & CALL ASSISTANCE (SABCCA)

Tubonimi Jenewari

Abstract: Due to high accident rate on our roads, it became necessary to find out the cause and to proffer solution. From Nigeria road safety point of view it has been established that majority of fatal accident is caused by tiredness which result in sleeping on the wheel. The National Sleep Foundation evaluation on adult who have sleep related problem in America is over 66.6% and in this value those that have fallen asleep on the wheel is about 23% [1]. This alarming data was gotten in late 1997 and early 1998 from national telephone survey from one thousand and twenty seven Americans. In Nigeria most transport company operating jumbo buses like driving at night. People who do not have the opportunity or deny themselves of sleeping well believe that they can still perform better with few hours of sleep. The effect of not sleeping well goes to the extent of affecting one’s mental and physical performance which contributes to drivers sleeping on the wheel. [1]. Sleep activated brake control will cut down the menace of suddenly fallen asleep in the driving sector by using the pulse or blood pressure of the driver to cut the supply of fuel or the application of brake

Keywords: GSM/GPRS module, SMS, Microcontroller, Infrared Transmitter, Infrared Receiver, Accident, Driver Alert, VANET, Road Safety

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0308030