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Warning Device - USA - Truckers try new fatigue one
Privacy issues a concern
PITTSBURGH,OH,USA -The Mercury News, by MICHAEL COWDEN/Associated Press, -Apr. 09, 2006: -- ... Fatigue plays a role in 13 percent of all truck crashes, according to a March report by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the government estimates about 15,000 people are killed each year in fatigue-related accidents involving cars, trucks or other motor vehicles... Now, Paul Chapman,48, a veteran trucker who does night runs for Pitt Ohio Express, is helping test a new warning device that could help truckers avoid disaster by tracking how often they blink and how long their eyes stay shut - if they would be willing to accept such monitoring, which an independent researcher questions. What may happen to the data is a cause for concern for truckers... The device, designed by former Carnegie Mellon University professor Richard Grace, is about the size and shape of a Web cam. It is mounted on the dashboard, powered by the truck's cigarette lighter, and uses infrared technology to monitor blinking... Sean Flynn, a hazardous materials trucker for Coraopolis-based MC Tank Transport Inc., said drivers might use a device like Grace's, but only if they could be sure the data it recorded wasn't turned over to their employers... (Photos: www.fmcsa.dot.gov - 2A: bright-eye image 2B: dark-eye image 2C: difference image)
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