17/09/2026
The most effective Driver Monitoring System (DMS) is one that drivers don’t switch off. 🚗
That sounds obvious, but it has big implications for how should be designed and regulated.
In a new article, Smart Eye’s Victor Brandt looks at the gap between technical compliance and real-world acceptance. A system can meet the rules and still issue enough unnecessary or intrusive warnings to lose the driver’s trust.
If people understand the system, see the value in it, and keep it on, the safety benefit has a much better chance of surviving contact with the real world.
Read Victor’s take on why good regulation needs to go beyond good intentions: https://hubs.ly/Q04xKrtc0