Aisin Seiki Co. is putting its automated driving technology to practical use by developing a system that can pull a vehicle safely to the side of a road if the driver becomes suddenly incapacitated.
There has been an increase in traffic accidents involving incapacitated drivers, including one in Osaka's Umeda entertainment district last month in which a driver apparently lost consciousness before his vehicle plowed into pedestrians, killing two and injuring nine. The driver was among the dead.
The new device being developed by the Aichi-based company can help prevent large-scale accidents, it claims.
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