my car just warned me that my eyes were closed when they weren’t so now i’m a little offended but whatever

A user reported experiencing a false positive from their vehicle's driver monitoring system, which incorrectly detected their eyes as closed when they were actually open, prompting a humorous reaction to the system's malfunction. This highlights common limitations in eye-tracking technology used in modern vehicle safety features, which can produce erroneous alerts despite functioning detection hardware. The post illustrates the gap between theoretical driver monitoring capabilities and real-world accuracy in practical applications.

Source: Yohei Nakajima (X) | 2026-05-01