From next year, the authorities will begin to introduce devices that will monitor the condition of bus drivers. One of them will be an anti-sleep bracelet.
In 2021, the authorities intend to oblige bus drivers, and possibly taxi drivers, to use a means of preventing sleep while driving. Vedomosti writes about this with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Transport, which is developing a national standard that sets requirements for such systems.
The department explained that the introduction of monitoring, control and maintenance systems while driving will be carried out for drivers who drive vehicles with a capacity of more than eight passenger seats.
At the same time, the ministry, as the newspaper notes, initiated amendments to the draft federal law “On the organization of passenger and baggage transportation by passenger taxis in the Russian Federation and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation” in terms of establishing requirements for equipping passenger taxis with new technology.
According to the newspaper, devices approved by the Neuronet industry union and created within the framework of the roadmap of the National Technology Initiative (NTI) will be introduced in Russia. The executive director of Neuronet, Alexander Semenov, said that prototypes of these devices are now being tested in Veliky Novgorod and Tula.
One of them is a special wrist bracelet that uses electromyography (nerve conduction studies). Another element of the control system will be a non-invasive neurointerface that reads the activity of the driver’s brain. The third device is a camera-based artificial intelligence software that will monitor the driver’s condition. All these elements can be used in the system both together and separately, Semenov specified.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade told the newspaper that the development of a new standard is in its final phase. The determination of the classification, purpose, composition and characteristics of photo and video recording means is planned no later than the first quarter of next year, the department specified. The Russian Venture Company (RVC) will provide expert support in developing the standard.
Since 2018, the public transport system in Moscow has already been introducing the Antison driver monitoring system, which uses an infrared-illuminated camera. To date, more than 7.5 thousand buses, electric buses and trams have been equipped with this system, and it is planned to equip the entire fleet of ground transport with it. The press service of “Mosgortrans” told the newspaper that the introduction of the “Antison” system was one of the reasons for the decrease in road accidents.
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