By Ebele Orakpo

Drunk-driving  or driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, is a crime and has sent millions of people to untimely grave – both drunk-drivers and road users. At the recently held Nigerian Universities Research Fair at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, a student of Babcock University,   Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, showcased her car demobiliser device using alcohol detector. She spoke to Vanguard Learning on the innovation. Excerpts

According to  Inyang Comfort Ekaette, a 400-level Computer Science student at Babcock University, the device, car demobiliser using an alcohol detector sensor, was created to reduce the rate of accidents caused by drunk-driving.

How it works:

“It has a sensor which is placed strategically opposite the driver. This sensor detects the amount of alcohol exhaled by the driver. If it detects up to 50 per cent or more alcohol, it triggers the buzzer and turns off the car’s ignition. It also has a LED display that shows whether alcohol was detected or not, and if alcohol is detected, it displays the amount of alcohol detected,” said Inyang.