The field of automobile automation, though relatively new, has taken over the world by storm with the advent of driverless cars and smart vehicles. While these vehicles provide various automation features like autopilot, auto cruise control and automatic braking which enhance the driving
experience and ensure safety, there are not many provisions for further safety, driver protection and problem prevention. Keeping this in mind, we have proposed a very inexpensive model to monitor the driver’s state and the in-vehicle safety, with an automatic braking system, using various
sensors—gas (detecting highly poisonous toxic gases), IR (seatbelts), alcohol (if the driver is drunk), temperature/flame (for fire inside and temperature recording), humidity, LDR (automatic headlights) and ZIGBEE (automatic braking). A 12 V DC motor (wheel) controlled by L298N. The
vehicle status and the motor stop reason is displayed in a basic LCD display. The data collected in all these sensors is displayed in the cloud for analyses. Arduino was used for interconnection, automation and system control. NodeMCU for cloud connection. The whole system is powered by a
5 V power source.