REALLY? Ford Working On Nanny System To Stop Inbound Communication When Traffic Is Too Heavy

Researchers at the Dearborn automaker are developing a technology based on readings from sensors placed on the steering wheel, seat and safety belt that can measure a driver's heart rate, breathing rate and body temperature. The sensors are similar to those on some treadmills.

Coupled with a driver workload estimator — an algorithm that uses data from existing radar and cameras combined with input from the driver's use of the accelerator, brakes and steering wheel — a vehicle could silence in-car distractions if it deems the driver is under too much stress or is too distracted.

g2ok - 6/28/2012 1:55:51 PM

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.... or you just don't answer the phone while driving. Between Apple Siri and Google self driving cars, we should solve this problem soon.

Larrybel2000 - 6/28/2012 8:32:24 PM

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or give all cars the handsfree bluetooth option.

222max - 6/29/2012 2:15:16 PM

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Or just educate people better on sensible driving. I know there are a lot of people out there with hands-free BT and they haven't bothered to set it up so they still use the handset. Nannies are fine and good but it's about time people just learned to focus on driving rather than multitasking behind the wheel... you know, like people used to do?