Price from £33,950
MPG up to 67.3
Top speed 155mph
MPG up to 67.3
Top speed 155mph
My friend sometimes talks about her father’s “reversing face”. As a child, sitting in the back, vinyl seats sticking to her bare legs, she’d watch her dad prepare to reverse – always a big deal back then. The gearstick would be wrestled with, the mirror adjusted, an arm would be stretched across the back of the passenger seat and, finally, mouth open, tongue lolling, there’d be some grunting followed by: “Get your head down, for God’s sake!”
It makes me think about my “driving face”. Do I even have one? I asked my wife and she said I often go a bit “Geoffrey Palmer”. That’s not the look I’ve been going for.
The faces we wear at the wheel could be used to make our driving safer. BMW
has announced a three-year project with Loughborough University to determine your state of mind from the look on your face. Anger and disgust, for instance, can be read by computer software linked to embedded cameras. These expressions of “emotional stress” indicate your driving is compromised. The vehicle’s computer could then decide to take action. It could limit your speed or stop the car altogether. It could activate passive safety features or maybe a stern verbal warning: “Get a grip, you dick!”
