Drivers falling asleep at the wheel account for a large number of traffic-related accidents each year. To combat this problem, students from the Faculty of Engineering at Mahidol University have invented a device that measures the amount of sleep a person has had to gauge whether or not they are fit to drive. Video by Somchai Poomlard.  

Wakey, Wakey, Sleepy Drivers

Drivers falling asleep at the wheel account for a large number of traffic-related accidents each year. To combat this problem, students from the Faculty of Engineering at Mahidol University have invented a device that measures the amount of sleep a person has had to gauge whether or not they are fit to drive. Video by Somchai Poomlard.  

Published: 5 Apr 2011