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Thesis - Sweden - Shows Danger of Inattentive Drivers
Sweden -TNN (UK) -20 Jan 2006: -- Research has been carried out at Volvo into how drivers are affected by inattentiveness, and systems are being developed which actively cause drivers to keep their eyes on the road. A thesis on this subject has been prepared by Trent Victor, project manager at Volvo Technology and researcher at Uppsala University... Around 45,000 people die every year in accidents on European roads and a minority of the accidents involves heavy goods transport. A major new American study shows that inattentiveness is a much greater cause of accidents than had previously been thought; approximately 80% of accidents could be explained by the driver taking his eyes off the road at precisely the wrong moment just before the crash... "A tired and inattentive driver is just as dangerous as a driver who is under the influence of drink or drugs in traffic," says Trent Victor...
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