A Chinese man with small eyes complained that his car constantly requires him not to fall asleep at the wheel (3 photos + 1 video)

A man has recorded a viral video in which he said that the new Xiaomi SU7 Max has an excessively frequent driver fatigue alarm, all because of its appearance.





Mr. Li from China's Zhejiang province recently bought a trendy EV sedan - the powerful engine of the electric car can accelerate it from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 2.78 seconds, Li was ready to enjoy it, but suddenly driving turned into torture.

When a Chinese man went out for his first ride, he heard a warning sound: “Please focus on driving.” Li noted that he was not distracted and was looking at the road in front of him. The message “Focus on driving, pay attention to safety” appeared on the digital display over and over again, and it took the driver a while to realize that the problem was in his eyes.



“I opened my eyes wide – and the warning sound disappeared. But when I kept my eyes in a normal position, I heard the sound again. Apparently my eyes are so small that the car thinks I’m about to fall asleep.”

In his video, Li complained that the warning went off about 20 times during a short trip, which was extremely annoying and distracting.

At the same time, many commentators on his video said that they had encountered similar problems in the same and other Chinese cars, for example, in Lynk & Co, Deepal, etc.



When Li's video went viral, Xiaomi had to make a statement. The company confirmed that the driver had tested the SU7 fatigue monitoring function: the system determines the driver's condition using a camera mounted on the steering wheel; if the driver is so distracted or tired that he does not respond to warnings, the car begins to slow down to a complete stop. The fatigue monitoring app can be disabled in the settings, but this is not recommended due to obvious security issues.