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Wakey wakey!

A high-tech solution for sleeping at the wheel has been announced

29th September 2006

A dash-mounted camera to stop lorry drivers dozing at the wheel has been launched. The Siemens VDO unit measures their rate of blinking, and if it slows, the seat shakes and an alarm sounds.

But sleep expert Dr Louise Reyner, from Lough­borough Uni­versity in Northants, told us: "It won't work. Eyelid movement is not a reliable indicator. Some drivers nod off with their eyes open." One lorry crash in three in the UK is sleep related.

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