Chevrolet Safety Features That Help Prevent Distracted Driving

At any given moment, roughly 2.1% of drivers on the road are holding a phone. These types of distractions can have lingering effects on attention behind the wheel. That’s the gap Chevrolet safety features are built to close. Lester Glenn Chevrolet has the vehicles to prove it with Driver Attention Assist.

How Distraction is Detected

Distraction behind the wheel falls into three categories: manual (hands off the wheel), visual (eyes off the road), and cognitive (mind elsewhere). Even hands-free calls create what researchers call “inattention blindness” — a narrowed field of vision that feels like focus but isn’t. Available Driver Attention Assist uses a camera in tandem with a sensor built into the steering wheel light bar that tracks where your eyes go and picks up on signs of fatigue before they become a problem.

How Driver Attention Assist Responds in Real Time

When Driver Attention Assist detects you looking away from the road, “Distraction Detected Keep Eyes on Road” flashes in the cluster display, accompanied by a chime or Safety Alert Seat pulse. Fatigue gets its own response: a yellow coffee cup icon for early tiredness, a red one for severe exhaustion, with options to take a break, call a friend, or navigate to a nearby rest stop.

In extreme cases where the driver doesn’t respond, the system will slow the vehicle to a stop, activate collision alerts, and put an OnStar® Advisor on the line to call for help. All of it, without you lifting a finger.

Discover Chevrolet Safety Features at Lester Glenn Chevrolet

Stop by Lester Glenn Chevrolet to explore vehicles with available Driver Attention Assist. Schedule a test drive and discover how these Chevrolet safety features respond in real driving conditions. Our team is ready to answer any questions you have about Chevy models with this technology.

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