Brilliant German engineering:
Mercedes-Benz has become the latest automaker to offer high-tech help to fight drowsiness while driving. Standard on the redesigned 2010 E-class models will be Mercedes’ new Attention Assist system, designed to detect drowsiness on the driver in the early stages, before it becomes a real danger, the German automaker said. It uses various sensors to monitor the driver’s behavior, including slight weaving of the vehicle that results in “patterns of minor steering corrections,” Mercedes said, which studies have shown to be a key indicator of driver inattention. – from SFGate