Contents I. Introduction
Modern day cars represent a symbiosis of several electronic subsystems that collaboratively give a safe and sound driving experience. Vehicle safety and security is important in today's fast-paced society. Various electronic driver assist systems have been employed for ensuring ease and safety of the users. Long hours of monotonous driving, e.g. on highways, is exhausting and quickly leads to loss of concentration. This leads to driver drowsiness decreasing his ability to operate vehicle safely thereby increasing the risk of occurrence of accidents. A driver assistance and vehicle safety system constantly monitors the vehicle surroundings as well as the driver's behavior to detect potentially dangerous situations at an early stage. In critical driving situations, this system warns and actively supports the driver and, if necessary, intervenes automatically in an effort to avoid a collision.
