Mercedes plans to introduce Attention Assist anti-sleep technology next year Posted on 08.11.2008 14:10
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Mercedes | industry news | technologyMercedes calls it the “one second nap”. That brief moment where you almost fall asleep behind the wheel but catch yourself in time. Now Mercedes says it has the technology to detect this state of tiredness, and will warn the driver before he/she has can cause an accident. Studies show that overtired drivers are a contributing factor in 25 percent of serious accidents. According to Mercedes, after four hours of continuous driving, it takes a driver double the time to react to a situation. (...)
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