You back up, your car alerts you if you're coming too close to something.
You don't put your seat belt on, your car reminds you.
Ding! Ding! Ding! But that right there is what you might here every time you look at your phone-- to check directions, the time, whatever! Read on....
Behind the wheel of a 2019 Subaru Forester, CNET's Tim Stevens showed us some of the latest distracted driving technology to hit the road. This one is called 'driver focus.'
"We're in a safe environment here, we're on a closed road, I'm going to look down like I'm looking at my phone basically – and as I do that, {beep beep} it'll flash up a warning the basic idea is pay attention to the road, keep your eyes on the road."
New 2017 data shows more than 3,100 people died in crashes involving a distracted driver. "They've already packed a bunch of airbags in the cars, they've made them very safe in a crash now the really the biggest risk is the driver."
Subaru isn't alone. Cadillac's 'Super Cruise' driving system features advanced technology- to make sure drivers are still paying attention, even with an auto-pilot system.
It starts with visual and sound warnings - but will eventually bring the car to stop if the driver doesn't respond. And Volvo is getting ready to put cameras in *all* of its vehicles. But some may be leery of the technology.
"A lot of people don't like the idea of having a camera watch them while they do everything." Stevens says right now, there's no evidence automakers are recording the in-car video but he expect to see more car manufacturers develop similar technology to watch drivers…. so they watch the road.