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Connected Car Sensors Would Monitor Driver
- Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, March 15, 2016 9:05 AM
Soon your car may be able to give you a lifesaving nudge before you fall asleep at the wheel. Major auto makers are testing driver-monitoring systems that determine if a driver is too tired or distracted to drive safely, and the first such systems could be available next year. Such artificial intelligence systems that watch drivers and evaluate their fitness behind the wheel are designed in part to compensate for the auto industry’s embrace of Internet-connected entertainment automation technologies that researchers say contribute to distracted driving.
