Ford explores call turnoffs for stressed-out drivers
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 15:00
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) -- No calls for you. That is the word from a new technology experiment by Ford, for stressed-out drivers who risk accidents by distractions from incoming calls, playing music, and other vehicle infotainment sources. Having to maneuver the vehicle in heavy traffic places demands on focused safe driving. Risks are compounded by distractions when coping with tricky ramp-merging scenarios or blind-spot monitoring or coping with other vehicles that are frequently changing lanes, for example. Ford this week performed a demo of its Driver Workload Estimator that will limit phone and text distractions when deciding that the drivers stress levels call for safety intervention.