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Eyes On The Road Hands On The Wheel
is not an option, but
a necessity
The best illustration for drivers to keep your eyes
on the road and ands on the wheel is what other
drivers do. The video below illustrates two
important reasons for our HOWITM
The first illustration is the noise level in a new
car that makes it nearly impossible to deploy Speech
Recognition with automotive grade reliability. The
noise level and type will change in a vehicle as the
surface road changes., e.g. wet pavement, dry
pavement, cement, asphalt etc.
The other illustration is the need to keep eyes on
the road, even when it is simply a straight and
lightly traveled road, and that's due to what others
are doing. in the video, an impatient driver going
much faster then the speed limit cut off the traffic
and changes lane, then bullying the vehicle in front
of him he forced the other driver to change lanes,
just in time for him to change lane him self. May
not be unusual on its own, but was the driver in our
vehicle to be looking away, he wouldn't have seen
the vehicle cuts him off and he wouldn't have let
off the gas pedal just enough to let the truck
change lanes safely. Peripheral vision of the
driver which helped avoid the problem is not
documented in the video.
(notice the noise level in a new car)
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