Pothole detection and inter vehicular communication

Abstract

This paper aims at proposing a novel pothole detection system, which assists the driver to avoid potholes on the roads by giving prior warnings. The idea is to build a robot vehicle that is capable of detecting the potholes and transferring this information to the nearby vehicles in the vicinity. By sharing the information about potholes with the nearby vehicles, the probability of accidents or collision can be reduced. Here, we propose a pothole detection model, which can detect the potholes with a minimum depth of 1 inch and share the information within 100 m range. This idea can be extended to design vehicles capable of detecting the humps or other irregularities on the roads. The application illustrated in this work can be effectively used to reduce the problem of increasing accidents caused due to potholes.