Long-distance driving or driving at night time necessitates excessive warning. There are umpteen incidents the place drivers have fallen asleep whereas driving attributable to exhaustion, leading to deadly accidents.

Many automotive makers have just lately launched driver sleep alert methods of their autos. However, this function is simply accessible in high-end autos.

A Nagpur-based driver has now created a tool that raises an alarm sound and vibrations to warn drivers towards falling asleep behind the wheel.

The system, which has an implanted sensor, a 3.6-volt battery and an on-off change, is worn behind the ear whereas driving. When the motive force’s head tilts 30 levels in direction of the steering wheel, the alert sounds and the system vibrates.

Gaurav Savvalakhe, driver and developer of this system, mentioned that he got here up with the thought of making the system after he nearly met with an accident whereas driving at night time just lately. He mentioned that he fell asleep whereas driving.

“I nearly met with an accident whereas driving at night time just lately attributable to sleep,” Gaurav Savvalakhe, driver and developer of this device, told ANI. “So I came up with the idea of creating a device that sends out a warning if someone falls asleep while driving, allowing an accident to be avoided.”

“If we go to sleep whereas driving and our head tilts at a 30-degree angle, the system will sound an alert and vibrate to wake us up,” he added.

This life-saving device could help reduce the number of road accidents in India. According to government data, India registered 1.2 lakh cases of deaths due to negligence related to road accidents in 2020, with 328 people dying per day on average, despite the COVID-19 lockdown.

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in its annual Crime India report for 2020, revealed that 3.92 lakh lives had been lost in three years owing to negligence related to road accidents.

Read all of the Latest News, Breaking News and Assembly Elections Live Updates right here.