So apparently Toyota thinks it can cut down on accidents with this new technology that monitors drivers' eye movements. If your eyes wander away from the road, a dashboard device beeps and flashes—and if they don't return to the straight and narrow, the car will begin to break automatically.

Uhhh, Toyota? I know I'm, like, a car-less Brooklynite straphanger, but…the last time I drove, awareness of the road required more than one eye position. In fact, I remember being berated by my mother as a teenager to make sure that my eyes were constantly moving from road to rearview mirror to road to side mirror to road to other side mirror, &c., &c.

So clearly what the dutiful, attentive driver, with eyes always shifting from one angle to another, needs is the distraction of a flashing light (what could be more terrifying while you're driving?) and an irritating noise—and then a removal of his control over the car. I mean, what if the car starts breaking because you've been apprehensively gazing in the rearview mirror at the tailgater behind you? Great plan, guys, great plan.

[via engadget]