Bus drivers in Russia will be forced to wear anti-sleep bracelets

According to experts surveyed by the publication, the cause of 20% of road accidents is the driver’s sleep. This is why many automobile

concerns are creating systems capable of monitoring a person’s condition while driving.

The agency plans to oblige bus driversand, perhaps, taxis should wear means of preventing sleep while driving. It is expected that monitoring devices approved by the Neuronet industry union and created as part of the roadmap of the National Technology Initiative will appear in Russia. According to the executive director of Neuronet Alexandra Semenov, prototypes of these devices are being tested in Veliky Novgorod and Tula.

We are talking about several gadgets at once:a wrist bracelet that works using electromyography methods (nerve conduction studies), a non-invasive neural interface that reads the driver’s brain activity, as well as camera-based software with artificial intelligence: it will monitor the driver’s condition and prevent sleep. All these developments can work both together and separately. 

The new standard for monitoring the condition of drivers of passenger vehicles will come into force from 2021.

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