LANE CHANGE DETECTION AND TRACKING FOR A SAFE-LANE APPROACH USING SENSOR

Improved economic status of people leads to an increase in vehicle density across the world. Many road accidents caused due to poor lane discipline followed by drivers that need to be addressed. Lane discipline can be made possible by educating drivers about its importance and also ensured by effective detection and tracking of vehicles that are plying on the highways. This can be achieved by fixing a device in every vehicle that can detect and track the lane adopted by the vehicle driver during each journey. In this work, a simple lane tracking and detective device is fabricated that consists of an ultrasonic sensor, which is the primary detector that helps in identifying the lane in which the vehicle is moving. The position of the vehicle is recorded by calculating the distance between the right side of the vehicle and the divider that is placed in between the highways. The data displayed in graphical form in the dashboard can enhance awareness among drivers to adopt lane discipline. Further, the recorded data can be analyzed remotely with the aid of a webpage using an arduino tool that facilitates the enforcing authorities to track the lane followed by a particular vehicle at any instant of time.