The automobile has undergone countless transformations over the years but none may compare to its latest innovation. Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication is revolutionizing the way in which cars on the road interact with one another by exchanging information with other suiTounding cars shows great promise in the effort to reduce collisions and significantly decrease traffic accident fatalities. V2V uses a wireless protocol similar to WIFI called 'Dedicated Short Range Communications" (DSRC). When a truck travels along a curved path, centrifugal force causes it to lean away from the direction of the curve. The result can be a "rollover" in which the truck overturns. In-depth analysis revealed almost half resulted from failing to adjust speed to curves in the road, (mostly on-and off-ramps), the load being carried, condition of the brakes, road surface, and intersection conditions. A second major crash contributor involved attention: simply being inattentive, dozing or falling asleep, and distraction, all leading to situations where a sudden direction change resulted in a rollover. The third large crash contributor involved steering: over-steering to the point of rolling over, not steering enough to stay in lane, and overcorrecting to the point of having to counter-steer to remain on the road. In order to prevent this toppling of trucks, we develop a device which can be attached with the truck. This device contains a GPS Module in which the exact location can be identified and this can be interface with Maps in order to estimate the road conditions for 500 meters, a Load cell placed at the bottom of the container inorder to measure the weight of the truck and a camera module inorder to monitor the status of driver by counting the number of eye blinks per minute. If there is a potential hazard on the road (such as bends or curves) over 500 meters, the vehicle will inform the driver through a visual display, seat vibration or tone. During an alert message the driver gets information about the steering angle at which he can rotate and speed of the vehicle. The driver will remain in control as these are an only warning which helps to prevent toppling of trucks.
PREVENTING TOPPLING OF TRUCKS
High speed heavily loaded vehicles are prone to accidents when they take a turn over bends. This can be avoided by the timely alert to the driver by our system.
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