It is a well-known fact today that driver sleepiness is a contributory factor in crashes. Factors considered as sleepiness contributor are mostly related to time of the day, hours being awake and hours slept. Factors contributing to active and passive fatigue are mostly focusing on the level of cognitive load. Less is known what role external factors, e.g. type of road, sound/noise, vibrations ...

Driver fatigue and stress significantly contribute to higher number of car accidents worldwide. Although, different detection approaches have been already commercialized used by producers (and third party companies), research activities in this field are still needed order increase the reliability these alert systems. Also, context automated driving, driver mental state assessment will be an im...

Figures for the United States indicate approximately 40,000 road fatalities per year. Per 100,000 miles driven, the nighttime accident rate on unlighted highways is roughly three times that during daylight hours. While this is partly alcohol and fatigue related, the major factor is believed to be the reduced visual performance of the driver under night conditions. Statistics for other countries...

Driving support systems, such as car navigation systems are becoming common and they support driver in several aspects. Non-intrusive method of detecting Fatigue and drowsiness based on eye-blink count and eye directed instruction controlhelps the driver to prevent from collision caused by drowsy driving. Eye detection and tracking under various conditions such as illumination, background, face...

Human error has been implicated as a causative factor in 85% of drivers’ and operators’ crashes, and lack of vigilance has been identified as the single most important factor in incidents involving human error. Driver vigilance could decline with sleepiness, fatigue or monotony. In Queensland, inattention and fatigue respectively contribute to 27% and 5% of reported crashes. Vigilance decline i...

Studies have shown that a large proportion of traffic accidents around the world are related to inadequate or disordered sleep. Recent surveys have linked driver fatigue to 16% to 20% of serious highway accidents in the UK, Australia, and Brazil. Fatigue as a result of sleep disorders (especially obstructive sleep apnea), excessive workload and lack of physical and mental rest, have been shown ...

Drowsiness and fatigue of automobile drivers reduce the drivers’ abilities of vehicle control, natural reflex, recognition and perception. Such diminished vigilance level of drivers is observed at night driving or overdriving, causing accident and pose severe threat to mankind and society. Therefore it is very much necessary in this recent trend in automobile industry to incorporate driver assi...