Originally Posted by
WillTravel
With a semi-self-driving car, which sounds something like advanced cruise control, then won't drivers be likely to fall asleep even if they are not supposed to? How will the driver's alertness be maintained?
There are already lots of microsleep detection technologies in use. I know of applications already use them in most heavy mining machinery anyways. They sound an alarm in the vehicle and at the monitoring / dispatch centers when detecting microsleep events.