A 12yr old built an Almost-No-Death Car

[Hemesh]

Hi I'm Hemesh. I'm 12 yrs old.

First when I was surfing the net I came across an article which showed the major reasons of death during driving.
They are :-
1. Drinking & Driving
2. Not having access to hospitals after the accident had occured.

I thought to do someting which can prevent deaths during driving.

So it took me a month to build the project which is a prototype of a supersafe car.
Checkout the video where I was in PROGRESS OF THE BUILD 

1.To prevent the Accidents by being caused by Drinking & Driving. I designed a car which does not start if the person is drunk.
So I built this part of the project by using the Arduino UNO MCU board. It uses the ArduMoto Motor driver shield to control the motor and the MQ3 Alcohol sensor to detect whether the person is drunk. We should use a relay instead of a motor driver to control the motors of a REAL CAR.

Working :-
The MQ3 sensor detects the presence of ALCOHOL. If there is a presence of alcohol in the car the sensor detects it and The MOTORS WON'T MOVE SO THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE.


2.To call the ambulance as soon as the accident occured. I designed the sides of a car which will detect the accident and call the ambulance as well as recording with a camera
So I built this part with Arduino MCU board with BMP180 sensor and a  SIM900A GSM module.


Working :-
So The BMP180 Sensors on all sides will detect whether the accident had occured. If the accident had occured i.e when the BMP180 detects any pressure the GSM module calls the ambulance and the camera will also be triggered for recorded evidence.


My  Youtube Channel :  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMcN9-Tlwf44jEJifQ58pTw

Pls Support me Guys .

[cdev]

Its a laudable goal preventing drunken driving.  Another related problem is people falling asleep, sleep deprivation of drivers on the road.

But I would be especially overjoyed if someone could figure out how to prevent the huge number of accidents caused by people using personal electronics while driving, distracting drivers.

Statistics that I have seen make me suspect that is a very serious problem.

When you get your drivers license, don't fall in the trap of doing it. Simply talking on a cell phone, even with a hands free device increases the likelihood of a serious accident more than 20 times.

[Mechatrommer]

Pls Support me Guys .

congratulation kid! already liked your video. when other people at your age wasting time by playing games and fool other people around, you got to think how to solve everyday's problem. this is the fundamental thing in engineering. this type of thinking will set you apart from the rest, you are one in a million guy. you should be given a certificate of engineering or maker's achievement or something from your school. i  you for this.

but when you've grown old and wise enough, you will realize solving the root cause of the problem is better than try to let it happen and fix it later. and you'll also soon realize that there is no amount of engineering that can defeat human foolishness. car accident is only one out of many problems generated from drinking until drunk. the wisest solution is dont drink at all, it doesnt taste any good, you think you can solve your personal problem with it, it is not it will make it worst. and there are other ways you can choose to replace the limited benefit that it can provide to you.

[chickenHeadKnob]

welcome to the forum Hemesh! You will find friends here if you need help with electronics.
I am bit sad to inform you that your idea for a car breathalyser lock is not original, in fact there are fully developed products on the market, and have been for a few years now.
A google search with "breathalyser ignition lock" reveals:
 https://alcolock.ca/
https://www.lifesafer.com/devices/what-is-an-interlock/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_interlock_device
... and more

Don't feel bad that others also had the same idea, it is a good sign that you are on the right path. Richard Feynman the noble winning physicist described how he discovered mathematical theorems and techniques by himself which were already known to others  and that as he progressed he finally reached the point where  he was discovering truly original ideas. When I was 6 years old my father gave me a globe and after exploring it for a about month  I came up with the notion that the continents  drifted and at one time fitted together. I told my older brother this idea and he immediately replied "oh yeah a geophysicist called Alfred Wegener already figured that out". I was crestfallen for a moment and then happy to have confirmation that it wasn't a crazy idea after all.

[rstofer]

FWIW, GM's "OnStar" system can detect a crash and call for assistance.  I think you have to pay an annual fee for the service.  They know pretty much exactly where you are from GPS and they know if the air bags have deployed.

I don't think you need to be conscious.

[coppercone2]

fyi they have cars with breathalizers in them but who needs that, what if you are drunk and in trouble and you need to get out of some where? sometimes being judged in a court is better then being dead

its like speed limiting cars, same problem because sometimes you can get out of an accident if you can do fast acceleration. or like if you need to drive away from something bad like a fire.

you need to use your own judgment, these kinds of interlocks are useful though, for instance maybe testing a city bus driver or truck driver prior to doing his job, but its a corporate thing. But it should be more like you can bypass it with a interlock being flagged for your employers in case you are in a tight situation. truck drivers are pretty well tested now adays for drugs.

the world is NOT safe. and this is kind of a privacy violation (did you know some people ferment alcohol naturally in their stomachs as a result of a medical condition)?

or if you have something like 9/11 happen and the bus driver happened to have a beer on his lunch break, do you really want to prevent him from starting a bus?

People get PISSED off when you put a bunch of restrictions on their life.

whats going to happen even if the government implements this is 'hey buddy can you blow in this for me, i just got 0.5 miles to my house, I know the cops and I drive better drunk, I drive real slow'. Good luck eliminating that.

also the response time of emergency personnel in certain areas is horrid and you might be better off driving someone bleeding out to the hospital if they got injured at a party or something. the courts will know this usually and help you out with sentencing if you are in such an area. Try a volunteer emergency service corps in a rural area.

all ambulances busy, or just no one responds because everyone fell asleep, or there is some kinda shit going on like blocked roads between you and them but not between you and the highway. sure theoretically they can plan it out but still. Sometimes they can't even find your house if you call 911.

like imagine the phones out or something, you were drinking with your dad on a holiday, you live in a rural area and he has a heart attack? you would probably want to kill the person that sold you a car with a breathalyzer in it.

or if you are in the woods camping, planned to stay a couple of days, having some beers at night but someone starts bleeding out or having a stroke or heart attack.


this is a bad idea on many levels. keep trying.

stuff that makes emergency people more likely to find you and respond faster and cars that can get you to a hospital is what would work. also avoidance systems etc.

or even stupid shit like your drinking and doing drugs with your friends and they decide to drop you off at the hospital steps and drive way. illegal as fuck? yes. unethical and retarded? yes. are you happier to be alive later rather then dropped off in a dumpster? yes (find new friends).

[NiHaoMike]

FWIW, GM's "OnStar" system can detect a crash and call for assistance.  I think you have to pay an annual fee for the service.  They know pretty much exactly where you are from GPS and they know if the air bags have deployed.

I don't think you need to be conscious.

Didn't Dave Jones tear down an aircraft EPIRB in a very recent mailbag? It's literally just a self contained transmitter with an inertia switch to activate it.

[apis]

I think it's a good idea if all cars had an gps and something that dialled an ambulance if there was a crash. As others have said, breathalysers exist, they are used in busses here in Sweden for example, but that just shows it is a great idea. 

[james_s]

We already have ignition interlock devices for people convicted of drunk driving, they find ways around them though. These days people playing with mobile phones while driving has passed by drunk driving in terms of causing accidents. The root problem in both cases is as has been said, human stupidity.

[NiHaoMike]

If a drunk/texting driver repeat offends enough times to warrant countermeasures, restrict them to riding a motorcycle. That would increase the chances they die in an accident (it's pretty clear they did it to themselves by that point), but decrease the chances of them taking out innocent others.

[chickenHeadKnob]

If a drunk/texting driver repeat offends enough times to warrant countermeasures, restrict them to riding a motorcycle. That would increase the chances they die in an accident (it's pretty clear they did it to themselves by that point), but decrease the chances of them taking out innocent others.

Good idea. Just with one problem -- the sheriff and the mayor would never be elected by those PC defenders.

A very common work-around for repeat offenders that have had their licences pulled is that they buy an electric scooter, the kind with the faux pedals that are just for show and don't need a licence to operate.

[apis]

decrease the chances of them taking out innocent others.

No one's innocent

[TassiloH]

Automated emergency calling has become mandatory in the EU this year for new car models (not new cars, so it will take a few years until it is in every new card sold), so will probably be installed in most cars 10 or 15 years from now.
https://etsc.eu/automated-emergency-calling-ecall-now-mandatory-on-new-car-models/
Works via GSM phone network (to maintain data protection rules, the device will only connect to the network after a crash and transfer the last 3 GPS location fixes). I am just wondering how they are going to maintain full GSM coverage for decades (cas are used 10 to 20 years) as technology advances...

[apis]

I am just wondering how they are going to maintain full GSM coverage for decades (cas are used 10 to 20 years) as technology advances...

When it needs to be updated a little ominous red light is enabled on the dashboard saying "Warning, service required"

[NiHaoMike]

That seems overcomplicated when all that's really needed is to define a frequency and data format specifically for automotive EPIRBs.

[james_s]

If a drunk/texting driver repeat offends enough times to warrant countermeasures, restrict them to riding a motorcycle. That would increase the chances they die in an accident (it's pretty clear they did it to themselves by that point), but decrease the chances of them taking out innocent others.

That would be great, except how do you do that? A former acquaintance of mine had his license yanked after several DUI convictions and he continued to drive. Some people never seem to get the message.

[Circlotron]

This young fellow is about 6 orders of magnitude better than clock boy...

[Zero999]

If a drunk/texting driver repeat offends enough times to warrant countermeasures, restrict them to riding a motorcycle. That would increase the chances they die in an accident (it's pretty clear they did it to themselves by that point), but decrease the chances of them taking out innocent others.

That would be great, except how do you do that? A former acquaintance of mine had his license yanked after several DUI convictions and he continued to drive. Some people never seem to get the message.

In some countries a different licence is required to ride a motorcycle for that very reason. Here in the UK to ride a motorbike one needs to pass another driving test and there are different levels, which determine the maximum engine size/power output of the motorcycle.

[james_s]

My point is that not having the proper license doesn't actually stop anyone from riding/driving whatever they want. Driving drunk is already illegal, people who are chronic drunk drivers are less likely to be deterred by a technicality like not having the appropriate license.

[Pluscrafter]

They shoud be constant monitoring of the drivers breath and brain activity. When he starts drinking while driving or fell asleep the car should warn the other cars and stop.

[Pluscrafter]

or a crazy experiment.

[Pack34]

Its a laudable goal preventing drunken driving.  Another related problem is people falling asleep, sleep deprivation of drivers on the road.

But I would be especially overjoyed if someone could figure out how to prevent the huge number of accidents caused by people using personal electronics while driving, distracting drivers.

Statistics that I have seen make me suspect that is a very serious problem.

When you get your drivers license, don't fall in the trap of doing it. Simply talking on a cell phone, even with a hands free device increases the likelihood of a serious accident more than 20 times.

Gaze detection is a working technology. Just use a series of IR cameras and extrapolate where the driver is looking. It could also backup the inebriation detection by recognizing overly dilated pupils.

[james_s]

Probably easier to go about this another way. Increased patrols cracking down hard on people caught playing with their phones while driving, I see it every day despite the fact that it's illegal here. Increase the punishment and make it a felony to cause an accident while using a mobile device. If we started making it hurt and locking people up, maybe society would finally get the message.

[BrianHG]

  Excellent work Hemesh! 
I look forward to seeing more of your projects posted here at EEVblog.  Keep up the good work.