Abstract

dvanced Driver Assistance Systems are intelligent systems that reside inside the vehicle and assist the main driver in a variety of ways. These systems may be used to provide vital information about traffic, closure and blockage of roads ahead, congestion levels, suggested routes to avoid congestion etc. These systems may also be used to judge the fatigue and distraction of the human driver and thus make precautionary alerts or to assess the driving performance and make suggestions regarding the same. These systems can take over the control from the human on assessing any threat, perform easy tasks (like cruise control) or difficult manoeuvres (like overtaking and parking). The greatest advantage of using the assistance systems is that they enable communication between different vehicles, vehicle infrastructure systems and transportation management centres. This enables exchange of information for better vision, localization, planning and decision making of the vehicles.