Intelligent Braking System

Abstract

Now day number of road accidents have increased to an unacceptable rate thereby causing damage to life and property. The reasons for road accidents are either driver error or operational failure of the vehicle. But several collision avoidance systems have been introduced to prevent such mishaps and this paper is about one of such system called ‘intelligent braking system’. Intelligent braking system consists of an infra-red transmitter and a receiver which helps detect the distance between the vehicle and the obstacle. Then a microcontroller receives the signal from the sensor to apply brakes which are pneumatically actuated without any aid from the driver, and hence increases passenger safety.