Five firms in continental Europe have become testing
partners for a new device that may be able to help prevent coach crashes on
long distance journeys. The is of the new technology is that it will be able to
detect if the driver goes into a micro sleep, in which the driver is in a half
sleep for less than a second, but this is enough to swerve of the road and
crash.
The same sort of monitoring system is used already In the
mining system, to help improve the safety. The system has been adopted there so
it must at least help. Some coach experts have said that it is currently
unclear as to whether or not the system would actually improve the safety or
not, but these test will help to prove or disprove any doubt.
The idea that when the driver falls into a micro sleep the
system wake them up with a seat vibration, in edition to this it sends an alarm
to the co-driver hut to tell them that they should no take over the driving.
The system uses infer red lights to detect motion, so that can be use night and
day without distracting the driver. It also reminds you when you may not be
looking straightforward that your eyes need to be on the road. It seems the
system has plenty of quirky settings and features, I believe that these could
be beneficial and help the coach travel industry, as it will be much safer to
travel long distance.
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