Feasibility analysis and algorithm development of a safety device for automobiles

Abstract

Use of ROAD SAFETY FEATURES should be a habitual behavior for all drivers and all the road users as well. This should be used as an act of promoting road safety and accident preventive measures whereby innocent and valuable souls and properties that are perished on daily basis will be saved from the menace of automobile road accidents. The invention of the comfortable automobile vehicle devices such as radio/stereo, air conditioning, global positioning system (GPS), and all other related comfort able devices should not be used to distract driver‘s attention on the wheel while driving. The introduction of modern and general road safety devices such as: air bags, seat belts, speedometers, advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), adaptive cruise control (ACS), advanced emergency braking system (AEBS), brake collision system, lane departure warning system and all other invented devices shouldn`t be seen as an ‗‗amusement devices‖ but rather as devices that are solely meant for the saving of our dear lives and properties on the road. There must be very strict traffic laws/regulations regarding the automobile road usage and the causes of accidents, the deploying of traffic police officers to be monitoring the swift flow of traffic including: drivers, pedestrians and cyclist, on a daily basis and also traffic talk shows and awareness campaigns on our communication mediums should be thoroughly encouraged. The vast number or majority of vehicle road accidents are caused by human errors. It has been proven by many research institutes and individual researches that about or more than 57% of our daily accidents or crashes are all due to human errors. There are prevalence‘s where accidents are also caused as a result of mechanical and environmental factors but that should not be taken as an excuse(s)s and cause more human errors to commit dangerous accidents. The human behavior is seen as a devastating factor of lost of many lives and properties on our roads. Those human related factors such as: use of mobile phones, drink and driving, undertaking, road raging, tailgating, over speeding, driver fatigue, human information processing behaviours and other factors are seen as major causes of accidents and results to the vast number of loses in both uncountable economic values and lives annually. If both our governments and her people have come up with traffic regulations where all would be bound and forced to respect, obey and implement to fight against these above dilemmas, will be a stepping stone to simply reduced road accidents if not totally eliminated as a way of minimizing the lost of valuable lives and properties .Bad driving behavior can be totally discouraged and put to a stop by placing hefty fines, seizure of drivers licenses or on serious cases imposing prison charges on drivers who are found wanting or guilty of committing bad and serious traffic accidents.In most sincere cases, over speeding, drink and driving and use of mobile phones while driving is seen as a bad behavior which is related to mostly teenagers who are amused by the comfort ability of our road conditions, the comfortable inner vehicle devices/entertainment facilities that leads to their improper usage of our roads and the committing of fatal accidents. Proper attention must be paid to strictly observe and regulate such ill behaviours which always claim hundreds of thousands of lives and resources annually. Excessive speeding is responsible for the high proportion of vi mortality and morbidity rate that results from automobile road accidents. Controlling the use of mobile phones and over speeding while driving can be a great deal but it will immensely reduce the impact of crashes, lessening the severity of injuries sustained by the victims, loss of lives and save many resources that are lost due to road accidents. Finally, until when we are determined to change our bad behaviours on the roads for good, the world would have been a better and safer place to be .But our failures to adopt to the changes in traffic regulations that are geared to save our lives and properties will not only result to mayhem, but surely send us to our early graves and left our families and loved ones in tears and agony. On a more and final note, I would like to suggest thus: ‗‘A well behaved driver is always a step away from committing road accidents and also has a better tendency of living a very prosperous long life and building a driving career and as well as having a longer vehicle life span as well.