Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Overzealous car technology

Toyota has developed a computer system which will nag the driver into paying attention to the road. There's one bit which I find disturbing.

The system flashes a light on the dashboard display and beeps when the eyes start to wander. If the driver still doesn't respond, brakes kick in, Toyota said Tuesday.

Surprising the driver by kicking in the brakes sounds like a recipe for accident creation rather than prevention.

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