Driver Safety Reward with Cooperative Platooning using Blockchain

Cooperative driving (or Platooning) focuses on improving the safety and efficiency by connecting two or more vehicles on a road by vehicular communication protocols. The leader is crucial as it manages the platoon, establishes communication between cars, and perform platoon maneuvers. In this paper, we proposed a driver incentive model which encourages platooning on roads leading to driver safety. As, the leader of platoon have multiple responsibilities than followers, our model rewards more incentives to leader than followers. These incentives will be rewarded as crypto tokens. This digital monetization method for both leaders and followers of a platoon is accomplished by secure transactions using blockchain.