GM cars themselves will decide whether to let the driver behind the wheel or not (2 photos)

GM cars will be able to monitor drivers and if a person, due to age, is no longer able to drive as required by the rules, he will no longer be able to get behind the wheel.





The increase in life expectancy, among other things, has resulted in a completely logical increase in the number of elderly motorists in the world. But in old age, a person's physical capabilities decrease, including those critical for driving a vehicle: reaction speed, visual acuity and hearing sensitivity.

Automotive corporations are aware of this problem and, for their part, are taking measures aimed at increasing the safety of older car owners, and not only them. In 2025, General Motors patented a development with a not very diplomatic name, “System and Method for Determining a Driver’s Retirement,” which is an evolution of existing driver monitoring systems. It will monitor a person’s behavior in real time: how quickly they react to the traffic situation, whether they squint too often, what position they sit in, whether they turn on all the required signals, etc.



The vigilant “retirement assistant” will also take into account factors such as lane keeping, speed changes, and yaw on the road, writes Carscoops. Frequent signals from neighboring vehicles will not go unnoticed either. If the computer decides that a person is falling asleep or has difficulty concentrating on driving, it will immediately sound an alarm.

The work of a spy and a guardian angel in one package is not limited to just supervision on the road. The fact is that all collected information will be processed and analyzed by software, summed up in the same retirement score, which can become a reason for terminating the driver's license. And for the purpose of insurance, the system will send the received data to the designated family member or guardian.

When all of the above is intended to be implemented is not reported. However, the relevance of monitoring elderly drivers is evidenced by the fact that in the same States in 2022 there were almost 52 million citizens aged 65 and older with valid driver's licenses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.