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S.A.M. Early Warning Fatigue Detection Alarm
S.A.M. Steering Attention Monitor
S.A.M. (steering attention monitor) is a fully driver interactive device that monitors the slight but constant movements of a vehicles steering wheel. These movements are present in all vehicles and all road surfaces and are vital to keeping the vehicle on the road.

Fatigue is sneeky, it creeps up slowly imparing your judgement like alcohol.Most of the signs of the onset of fatigue are ignored by many people, these can be restlessness, yawning, becoming distracted easily or loss of concentration and road hypnosis. Studies and tests have shown that once a driver looses concentration their steering pattern changes from making the normal slight but constant steering movements to slow and less frequent movements or worse none at all for short periods of time. Followed by short sharp movements.

This is where S.A.M. takes over. When S.A.M. detects very slow or no steering movements for a 3-4 second period it emits an alarm to alert the driver of their lack of concentration. It is automaticlly reset once the movement starts again.

S.A.M. can easily be fitted to all vehicles that use a steering wheel. Cars, Trucks, Busses and Coaches, 4x4's, Motorhomes and even Tractors, Harvesters and Mining equiptment can benift from this unique life saving system.

S.A.M. also has fully adjustable sensitivity so it dosen't matter if you have an old vehicle with loose steering or a new one with tight steering you simply adjust the sensitivity to suit.

Studies the world over have shown that steering wheel movements are a great way of detecting driver alertness.


Features
S.A.M. can also be fitted with speed activation. This was developed especially for trucks and professional drivers but can be fitted to any vehical. Simply apply 2 magnets to the tailshaft and mount a sensor to pick up the magnetic fields and you can set your S.A.M. to automatically arm itself once you get to a desired speed (normally 60-70 kph). This way you can be sure S.A.M. is protecting you every time you hit the highway without getting false alarms when driving in stop-start traffic. In the speed activation system we included some extras like a cruise control cut out device, this works by tapping into the cruise control through the wiring to the brake light switch. Should your S.A.M. alarm sound for a constant 2 seconds it will automatically trip out the cruise control helping you slow immediately giving you the few extra seconds you need to get back on the road.
 

This feature is directly related to your alertness, if you respond to the alarm within the 2 seconds your cruise is not disrupted. If not you are more than likely not very alert and shouldn't have your cruise control on. If your cruise control is deactivated this should be seen as a real warning of driving while fatigued and should pull over and refresh.

We also added a 12-24v regulator making it adaptable to a range of electrical systems and polarity protection switch for ease of installation. Oh yeah the cruise control cut out can work n/o or n/c.

Installation
Although S.A.M. has been designed with ease of installation in mind installation can be arranged WORLD WIDE. You dont even need an auto electrician, if you can fit a radio you can fit S.A.M. in around 1 hour.

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Contact Me


To find out more about S.A.M. or to order yours contact:

Dennis Hofen
Melbourne.
03 9793 5054 or 0402 909 SAM








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