Tiredness kills

This article looks at UK-developed devices to warn drivers of their own fatigue or of obstacles or hazards ahead. Anti-fatigue devices can be divided into two groups: some monitor the driver for signs of fatigue, others the movement of the car. One device is a wrist-worn monitor which vibrates if the user does not move for 15 seconds while driving. A problem with monitoring only certain signals of tiredness is that people show different characteristics when falling asleep; a danger with alert devices needing reaction tasks is that the driver's attention is distracted from the road. The movement of the vehicle is a more reliable indicator of driver fatigue: monitoring devices include multifunction radar and communications sensors. Further developments of this technology would allow car-to-car and roadside-to-car transmission of warning information on hazards ahead. (A)

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• Authors:
  • SAMPSON, B
• Publication Date: 2006-6-14

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 41-42
• Serial:
  • PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING
  • Publisher: WOODBRIDGE PRESS
  • ISSN: 0953-6639

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Data communications; Drivers; Equipment; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Intelligent transportation systems; Sensors; Surveillance; Warning systems
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 8652: Data transmission (telecom); 1772: Driver; 3674: Equipment; 2222: Fatigue (human); 8735: Intelligent transport system; 6120: Sensor; 9101: Surveillance; 9113: Warning
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01043772
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 9 2007 8:22AM