Ford has, since its inception, been a leader in innovation. The company’s technologies have lead them to excel in numerous ways. Ford’s vehicles are exceptionally reliable, and they lead in power and durability. Ford’s F-150 is also the best-selling vehicle in the country. However, one of Ford’s newest technologies is constructed for safety.
This newest technology is Ford’s Alert Cap. The cap, built in an ordinary baseball cap style, is outfitted with some very advanced technology. The cap has state-of-the-art sensors and a gyroscope. The reason the cap is called the Alert Cap is because it can sense when a driver is succumbing to sleep and dozing off. If these happens, the cap vibrates, lights up, and emits a noise in order to wake up the driver.
Falling asleep behind the wheel is very dangerous, and is also a very common cause of vehicular accidents. With as many people on the roads as there are, and the late hours many of them drive, these accidents are inevitable. Ford hopes to decrease the frequency of the accidents with its new cap.
Ford has developed this cap specifically with truck drivers in mind. Truckers spend hours on the road, and log thousands of miles a year. Ford has particularly introduced this technology for the lorry drivers in Brazil. These drivers possess a dangerous job, and over 10% of them were in accidents within the last two years. With Ford’s Alert Cap, this percentage may go down over the next few years.