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DS automobiles, a luxury brand of Peugeot Citroen in France, said its anti fatigue technology could save 50 lives a year, foreign media reported. The fatigue monitoring system of DS combines a pair of infrared cameras and constantly updated vehicle positioning data, which has been installed on the DS 7 Crossback model which is the counterpart of Audi Q5. As the camera is facing the driver, the car can monitor the driver's behavior, find signs of drowsiness or distraction, and give the driver an alarm to rest. Moreover, the camera will find signs of fatigue in eye, eyelid or neck movement, and if any of them are detected, an audible alarm will be activated and an alarm will be displayed on the digital instrument cluster. According to DS, there have been 4000 traffic accidents caused by fatigue driving in the UK since 2015, and 150 people have died. If all cars are equipped with their anti fatigue technology or similar systems, about 1300 crashes and 50 traffic accidents can be avoided every year. "Distracted and tired drivers pose a serious threat to road safety across the UK and are responsible for thousands of traffic accidents every year, some of which have resulted in deaths," said Vince clicham, DS's product director. Therefore, all versions of DS 7 Crossback models are equipped with DS driver attention monitoring technology, together with DS night vision and DS active led vision headlights. DS cars are leading the improvement of road safety. " By 2022, all vehicles sold in the EU will be forced to have a fatigue and distraction warning system, but until then, it will not be standard. For example, on the lower configuration version of DS 7 Crossback, the system is only part of the optional package, and the price of the package ranges from £ 700 to £ 875, which is standard only on high-end prestige and ultra prestige models. The sleepiness detection system is only part of a series of changes proposed by the EU. By 2022, all cars, trucks, trucks and buses sold in the EU must be equipped with reversing cameras or sensors, intelligent speed AIDS and "black box" data recorders. At the same time, new cars and trucks are also required to be equipped with lane keeping assist, advanced emergency braking systems and "crash tested and improved" seatbelts. It is not clear whether the rules will still apply to cars sold in the UK if the UK withdraws from the EU. However, road safety activists urged the government to maintain the same standards as the European Union, with the vehicle certification agency, the UK's transport ministry's executive body, reportedly saying it would comply. (pictures in the article are from UK. Motor1. Com)