<p>A joint pilot study by technology firm Netradyne, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Zoomcar has shown that the company’s Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), Driver-i reduced road accidents by 14% compared to cars without activated voice alerts.</p>.<p>To arrive at the findings, about one lakh trips, 10.6 million miles and five lakh driving hours were tracked from September 2018 to December 2019, Netradyne said in a release. Netradyne did the pilot with 500 Zoomcars, with technical help from IISc’s Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems and Zoomcar.</p>.<p>The study showed that cars with voice-activated alerts compared to those without audio alerts showed a 14% reduction in accidents. Drivers of the cars with the voice alert feature enabled had no prior training, incentives or instructions.</p>.<p>A 27% decline was also seen in six of the overall 20+ driving metrics analysed by Driver-i. The six metrics included speeding, acceleration, hard breaking, hard turning, collision warning and maintaining distance, the release said.</p>.<p>Besides tracking the driving journey and road data, Driver-i also monitored driving behavior through an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system building into the device. Driver-i had four HD inward and outward-looking cameras that record and trigger voice alerts based on driving incidents in real-time.</p>.<p>Netradyne Chief Executive Officer Avneesh Agrawal said the study was an effort to use AI for social good. “India accounts for almost 11% of accident-related deaths, as per the WHO Road Safety 2018 report. Our study has shown that technology intervention can not only reduce fatal driving incidents, but also influence driving behaviour.”</p>.<p>For instance, he said, a large number of accidents in India are caused by driver behaviour, including fatigue, distraction, drowsiness and seat belt non-compliance. “If Driver-i’s inward cameras were also switched on, I believe the drop in accident rates could have been much higher.”</p>
<p>A joint pilot study by technology firm Netradyne, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Zoomcar has shown that the company’s Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), Driver-i reduced road accidents by 14% compared to cars without activated voice alerts.</p>.<p>To arrive at the findings, about one lakh trips, 10.6 million miles and five lakh driving hours were tracked from September 2018 to December 2019, Netradyne said in a release. Netradyne did the pilot with 500 Zoomcars, with technical help from IISc’s Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems and Zoomcar.</p>.<p>The study showed that cars with voice-activated alerts compared to those without audio alerts showed a 14% reduction in accidents. Drivers of the cars with the voice alert feature enabled had no prior training, incentives or instructions.</p>.<p>A 27% decline was also seen in six of the overall 20+ driving metrics analysed by Driver-i. The six metrics included speeding, acceleration, hard breaking, hard turning, collision warning and maintaining distance, the release said.</p>.<p>Besides tracking the driving journey and road data, Driver-i also monitored driving behavior through an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system building into the device. Driver-i had four HD inward and outward-looking cameras that record and trigger voice alerts based on driving incidents in real-time.</p>.<p>Netradyne Chief Executive Officer Avneesh Agrawal said the study was an effort to use AI for social good. “India accounts for almost 11% of accident-related deaths, as per the WHO Road Safety 2018 report. Our study has shown that technology intervention can not only reduce fatal driving incidents, but also influence driving behaviour.”</p>.<p>For instance, he said, a large number of accidents in India are caused by driver behaviour, including fatigue, distraction, drowsiness and seat belt non-compliance. “If Driver-i’s inward cameras were also switched on, I believe the drop in accident rates could have been much higher.”</p>