Observing the driver's steering behaviour has proved to be a particularly strong indicator: several years of practical research by Mercedes engineers have shown that
drowsy drivers make minor steering errors that can often be rapidly corrected in characteristic ways.
Observing the driver's steering behavior has proved to be a particularly strong indicator: several years of practical research by Mercedes - Benz have shown that
drowsy drivers make minor steering errors which they often correct very rapidly in a characteristic way.
Not exact matches
With this system, Mercedes - Benz is
making a further contribution towards preventing accidents as, according to studies, around a quarter of all serious road accidents are caused by
drowsy drivers —
making drowsiness an even bigger cause of accidents than drink - driving.
Heat also can exhaust a drive and
make him
drowsy and inattentive, thus raising the chances of
driver fatigue.
Speaking of health conditions, we have seen elderly people causing car accidents because they've experienced a seizure while
driver, driven without their eye glasses, driven after taking medication which
made them
drowsy, didn't see the light change because their vision was impaired, or got distracted while driving for no apparent reason.
One out of every six fatal car accidents are caused by
drowsy drivers and driving when sleepy can
make you impaired similar to a drunk
driver.