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Nissan Motor Corporation (2007). Concept Car To Showcase Anti Drunk-Driving Technology. Retrieved from https://global.nissannews.com/en/releases/release-95e86dba49c0e8277e3c7b662e6aac68-070803-02-e 


In this article, Nissan Motor Corporation (2007) focuses on the new concept car that has many preventative features designed to assist in reducing drunk driving. The features that are implemented are Alcohol Odor Sensors, Facial Recognition System, and Driving Behavior. The alcohol odor sensor is built into the shift knob of the car and into the passenger seat sensor, which can detect the presence of alcohol in the perspiration of the driver’s palm or in the air as he starts to drive. When alcohol is detected, the car navigation system issues a voice alert and a message alert on the navigation system monitor.

 

For the facial recognition system, a camera is mounted on the instrument cluster facing the driver to monitor the driver’s face. The system is calibrated to monitor the driver’s state of consciousness through the blinking of the eyes.

 

Another feature of the car is to monitor the driving behavior of the vehicle to sense if the vehicle is swerving out of its driving lane when the system detects signs of inattentiveness or distraction in the driver, voice, and message alerts are provided via the navigation system. The seat-belt alert mechanism is switched on to alert the driver to get his attention.

 

The article provides useful information for our research project on the use of various sensors and systems to prevent drunk drivers from driving. Nissan Motor Corporation (2007) has a vision towards having a “safe driving environment” which helps to decrease the number of road accidents, traffic fatalities, or serious injuries involving Nissan vehicles.

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Comments

  1. Good job on the summary. It is interesting how the perspiration of the driver’s palm or in the air can detect the presence of alcohol in the car. I am glad that the article has provided you with useful information and understanding on how the sensors and systems can be implemented to prevent drunk drivers from driving. I hope this will help you in the explanation of the sensors in the report!

    Despite that, I think you could also include what you feel towards the implementation of the sensors and their effectiveness. Through that, we can understand from your perspective on how useful these sensors are.

    I look forward to more of your writeups. Thank you.

    Regards,
    Izzati

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  2. Hi Carely,

    Good work with the summary. It has a lot of very good information regarding the methods to detect alcohol in the driver's system.

    Few suggestions I felt were :

    1) The alcohol odour sensor is built.... (odor - odour)
    2) .... in the perspiration of the driver’s palm or the air as he starts to drive. (do not need the word "in" after or)
    3) Another feature of the car is to monitor the driving behaviour of the ..... (behavior - behaviour)

    Overall, it is an insightful summary and these pieces of information would be very helpful for our project.

    Regards,
    Sarmila

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