IntoxEye - Increasing Road Safety through Monitoring Intoxication in Drivers

Purpose and goal:

The aim of IntoxEye is to identify and explore behavioural- and biophysiological markers of intoxication in passenger car drivers. This will be done through experimentation, in simulation, using scenarios that highlight behavioural- and physiological indicators of intoxication. The aim of a potential follow-up project is to develop algorithms building on the results of the pre-study to automatically detect intoxication in drivers.

The pre-study work constitutes the first step at enabling such a long-term objective. Expected results and effects:

The results of the experiments testing biometric and behavioural markers of intoxication will be used to further develop and build a safety system central to every new passenger car on the roads starting from 2025. Supporting the Swedish automotive industry as well as leading the driver monitoring system market is the overall objective for Tobii’s Automotive department, and Tobii is perfectly positioned to address the challenge of new technology introduction.

Approach and implementation:

We will recruit around 10 participants (50% male, female) and carry out an investigation across the following conditions: not intoxicated, mildly intoxicated, moderately intoxicated. The participants will be young and healthy, moderate social drinkers and recruited from within Gothenburg and will carry out driving tasks over a number of scenarios. This investigation will assess the feasibility of the biometric and behavioural measures to capture intoxication in scenarios testing the impaired cognitive functions identified in our literature review as being most relevant.