Students of Ajmer Women Engineering College in Rajasthan have invented a unique helmet. It’s an alcohol-sensing helmet that doesn’t allow the rider to drink and drive. These students have come up with a technologically advanced helmet that won’t allow the person to start the vehicle until and unless that person has put the helmet on. Helmet that Won’t let you Drink and Drive
In order to counter the cases of drink and drive that lead to several road accidents, this specially designed helmet will prevent the vehicle’s ignition from getting start if he/she is drunk. The students behind this amazing invention are Priyanka Chauhan, Priya Sunaria, Neha Sharma, and Priya Mittal. Helmet that Won’t let you Drink and Drive
The helmet works through a sensor which connects to another sensor fitted in the vehicle. So in order to start the engine, the rider will be required to put the helmet on. If this helmet’s usage gets a green signal, it will not only prevent people from riding two wheelers but will also prevent drink-and-drive cases. Helmet that Won’t let you Drink and Drive
For detecting if the rider is drunk, the helmet is equipped with sensor RM Modular. This technology will sense if the rider is intoxicated. In case it finds that the rider drunk, the sensor fitted in the two-wheeler won’t get activated which will further prevent the ignition from working.
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The students who came up with this helmet also demonstrated its working before Ajmer Traffic Police Deputy Superintendent Preeti Chowdhary. After watching the demonstration, Chowdhary gave a testimonial to all the students and assured that she would communicate the idea to senior officials. If the idea is approved by the higher authorities, it would be pitched to a big company for the manufacturing.
Currently the helmet developed by the engineering students is in the prototype stage. If any company with sufficient funds agrees to manufacture these helmets, they will be distributed among the public and hence it would help in reducing the number of road accidents that happen because of drunk driving.
A similar project was pursued by a group of IIT BHU students in 2015 that was fitted with Breath Analyzer. It was selected among the top 5 projects at the Ericsson Innovation Awards held in IIT Delhi. However, the commercial production of such a helmet has still not been pursued.
