Driver Safety with Smart alcohol detection and Control System

ABSTRACT

The aim of our research paper is to represent our project which makes human driving safer
and to overcome accidents. This project is developed by integrating alcohol sensor with
Arduino board. Arduino processor OR Node MCU handle more functions than
conventional microcontrollers. The alcohol sensor used in this project is MQ3 which to
detect the alcohol content in human breath. Since sensor has fine sensitivity range around 2
meters, it can suit to any vehicle and can easily be hidden from the suspects. This project is
fitted inside the vehicle. The project is designed for the safety of people sitting inside the
vehicle.

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION
Drinking and driving is already a serious public health problem ,which is likely to emerge
as one of the most significant problems in near future .the system implemented by us aims
at reducing the road accident in the near future due to drunken and drive . This paper
present the progress in using the alcohol detector ,a device that senses a change in the
alcoholic gas content of the surrounding air these device is more commonly referred to as a
breath analysis, as it analysis the alcohol content from person’s breath. The system detects
the presence of alcohol in the vehicle and immediately locks the engine of the vehicle. This
paper presents the progress in using a alcohol Detector, a device that senses a change in the
alcoholic gas content of the surrounding air. The sensor will then analyze the amount of
alcoholic vapors and offer the user some indication of the amount of alcohol present. This
device is more commonly referred to as a breath analyzer; as it analyzes the alcohol content
from a person’s breath. The device is mostly used by law enforcement to determine
whether an individual has been driving under the influence of alcohol. Police breathalyzers
measures the Blood Alcohol Content, or BAC, of an individual. The unit designed for this
project is a simpler version of the breathalyzer used by police. It will not accurately
determine the BAC level of a person. The microcontroller is interfaced with a MQ-2
alcohol gas sensor, which serves as the analog input signal to the controller. There is a LCD
attached to six output pins that will function as a display. Depending on the amount of
alcohol present, the MQ-2 sensor will analyze its contents and consequently the sensor
output voltage will increase. If output voltage increases enough, input pins on the
microcontroller will change from active low state to active high state. According to the
output of the microcontroller the motor will be driven with the help of L293D as driver IC
of the project and printed circuit board (PCB) works. While the software developments are
focused on simulating the circuit before test to the real component and also designing
coding to be embedded in the hardware.

Problem Statement:
Roads safety have always been in the center of attention. The signboards, direction arrows
and lanes have made following rules much easier and served as an excellent guide,
nevertheless, uncontrollable factors such as drunken drivers exits and thus accidents still

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happen. In the united states of America alone and during 2014 nearly “9,967 people died of
alcohol-impaired-driving”, that is one alcohol-impaired-driving fatality every 53 minutes.
The list goes on and on for other countries too , therefore it is necessary to enhance and
improvise new techniques. This project pushes towards the public safety in general and
roads safety in particular. The idea is characterized by being deliberately dependent on
personal contribution. The system should make a significant leap in terms of public
awareness in addition to the reduction of accidents caused by drunken drivers.

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