Digital Cameras Help Alert Sleepy Drivers

An anonymous reader writes "An interesting story on how digital cameras are being mounted in cars to watch the eye movements of drivers to make sure that they are awake. The cars include two cameras, one watching the road and one watching the driver. If there is something on the road that is a danger and the driver doesn't see, the car alerts the driver. Pretty neat technology."

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Re:Privacy concerns

[tedu]

good. :) my rates will go down because i won't have to subsidize all you bumblenuts who can't pay attention.

Re:Cool intermediate technology

[Goosey]

In cities, this kind of "decide the destination" driving without the hassle of actually driving the vehicle would be really useful, I think.

Great idea! We could call it Taxi!

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but the terrorists!

[sometwo]

They'll use the video feed to figure out when you're in the car, and then *bang*.

Re:Hmmmmmmmmmm

[pronobozo]

a robotic arm comes out and takes them off you... and then lightly slaps you.

Hash collisions or car collisions?

[Anonymous Coward]

An automotive collision has nothing whatsoever to do with a hash collision, though they share the same name. So far as I know, vehicle navigation codes use hashing no more than any other type of codes. Why does the parent bring hashing into this?

Re:It wont work!

[Anonymous Coward]

So... can I not shake a stick at all the pictures at once, or do I have to do each one individually? Also, I don't have a stick at the moment, will an empty mt dew can work?

Re:Better or Worse?

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been alongside 2 cars where the tailing one 'bumped' the front one due to the driver fading.

However, I think that the approach taken by these innovations is wrong, they should do what NASA do.

What happens when they detect a space shuttle has lost control? They blow the fucker up, and all on board, so that it can't crash into the ground and cause untold more damage. That's what they should do with dozing drivers. Guaranteed no repeat offenders!

Hard times for men

[kickdown]

Damn, you wont ever convince a girl to do a blowjob in your car when she sees a camera.

Other applications.

[XpirateX]

I could see this useful if it was a portable device...maybe for my business classes? One camera focused on my instructor, one on my eyes. If he looks at me when I'm alseep, alert me to pay attention (until the next time he looks away).

Re:Hmmmmmmmmmm

[Sneftel]

So you think that in the future of Minority Report, HR departments are reasonable, well-organized, and responsive? It's sci-fi, man, not fantasy.

Re:Pedal error

[Motherfucking Shit]

Drivers, 75 years old and more, are more dangerous than every other group except teenagers (who also shouldn't be allowed to drive so young).

Damn straight! Teenagers should have to be, uhm, apprentices to 20-somethings who have established driving records, in exchange for chauffering them here and there. I propose some legislation, teens can't drive until they've had 100 hours of experience as an observant passenger. We can call this probationary period "road-head hours" for short.

As for people 75 and older, well, they can just get a freakin' Hoveround. If it can go to the Grand Canyon, it can go to the Wal-Mart.

Reminds me of the quote:

[Unique2]

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather-- who died peacefully in
his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.
--Author Unknown

So if it was just a little more proactive and

[CFD339]

adjusted to be just way too hypersensitive to potential dangers, it could be called ....

my wife.

Re:Stuff like this scares the crap out of bikers

[Anonymous Coward]

something to loose from an accident.

Are they loosening their pants?