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No Doze; MERCEDES E-CLASS WILL SNAP TO ALERT WHEN IT DETECTS A DROWSY DRIVER.(NEWS)
Byline: MICHAEL TAYLOR
With fatigue causing more than 100,000 crashes and 1,500 deaths annually on roads in the United States, Mercedes-Benz has rushed to make the world's first drowsy-driver detection system standard on next year's new E-class sedan.
Mercedes, which has been working on the system for more than 10 years, accelerated its development and will reveal it at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next month.
Mercedes claims its system is an independent judge of fatigue, constantly monitoring a driver's behavior to send warning chimes and flare a coffee-cup sign when it senses a serious drop-off in alertness levels.
"Studies show that after just four hours of driving, the risk of an accident doubles, Mercedes-Benz Attention Assist expert Jorg Breuer said. "It increases eightfold after six hours, and drivers often fail to recognize drowsiness early enough.
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