Blue will not give to drivers falling asleep

The blue color in your car improves concentration and attention of the driver, as scientists have found. In this case, it operates no less effectively than strong coffee.

Forget about large cup of coffee or a can of energy drink, which you usually eat before heading into a long night journey by car. In order to avoid asleep at the wheel   you will be quite enough pale blue. Researchers from the French Université Bordeaux Segalen and their Swedish colleagues have shown experimentally that the constant exposure to blue in improving concentration "night drivers" produces the same effect as a strong coffee.

This discovery allows automakers not only to translate all the information the sensors and instruments on the panel board vehicles on the blue backlighting, but also install additional lighting, which at night will not give drivers asleep at the wheel Thereby exposing the great danger their lives and the lives of other drivers and passengers.

Drowsiness at the wheel - the cause of about a third of fatal accidents. When a person is sleepy, he loses concentration, slowed his reflexes, visual perception weakens. Most experts advise in this case, either stop and get some sleep (which can not be considered a viable option), or drink some tonic, like coffee.

But the effect of coffee is weakening over time. That's why scientists are looking for the source of the driver's attention to conservation, which could run continuously. Radicals even offered to let the weak electrical discharges in the driver's seat once every 10-15 minutes, but it was clear that the majority of drivers simply disconnect. The idea of ​​using the blue color seems much more humane and promising.

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