DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM

India is home to one of the most underpaid yet overworking drivers. Transporters expect them to work at least twenty or more hours per day continuously without any consideration to their health. This leads them to have bursts of micro sleep, a temporary episode of sleepiness which may last for a smidgen of a second or up to 30 seconds, where the victim fails to react to some stimulus from the environment and becomes unconscious. As a result of this, road accidents have become a common occurrence in India. One solution to this problem is to enhance the vehicles to an extent, so that it is possible to determine the drowsiness of the driver in real time. In this project, we propose a system to assist a driver through detecting drowsiness, distractions and stop signs. The system is easy to understand and the learning curve is minimal. The system is highly robust and can withstand minimal amount of wear and tear. The products assumes that the driver is not blind or deaf. This assumption does not affect the availability of product to mass customers since there are not many driver with visual impairment or hearing impairment. It also assumes that the driver does not drive with either of their eyes closed since driving is not a fun game, since the lives of other passengers is in the drivers hands.