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new methodology from the triple-a foundation for traffic safety shows 21 percent of fatal car crashes have drowsiness as a Fault in their estimation a full 33 percent of drivers aged 19 to 24 admit driving drowsy at least in the last month that's the highest demographic and 28% of American drivers overall admit to me drowsy driver alert systems use a variety of sensors and cameras to monitor your driving behavior drowsiness detection tech force arrived in model year 2008 with Volvo's driver alert control that monitors the car operators input to deduce when the drivers browsing Mercedes Ford and others followed with similar systems that are now the most popular type of drowsy detection technology Toyota and Lexus use a less common eye detection system with infrared cameras mounted on the steering column aimed toward the driver's face the cameras recognize your face by measuring where your eyelids are seeing machines is developing a full face tracking technology for passenger cars that would build on systems it already makes for truck train and mining equipment Fujitsu is starting production on what they call the feel of them device that combines a band around the drivers neck and a sensor clip to the drivers earlobe for its senses pulse and through that can predict drowsiness and then use sound or vibration to wake you up at the biometrics Institute of Valencia in Spain they're developing the hearkens system that uses sensors in the seat cover and seat belt to monitor pulse and respiration which is then computed into an indicator of drowsiness and going forward there's even development of drowsy detection and alert in future smart watch it pays to double check how you feel when you're driving and if the answer is drowsy you don't need a cup of coffee you need some rest more realities of modern driving revealed now at CNET on cars comm click on smarter driver