Most dash cams can tell when a driver looks at their phone. Far fewer can reliably detect when they are eating behind the wheel, and even fewer do it accurately enough that safety teams trust the alerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The habit of “dashboard dining” is a significant contributor to road risk, particularly for fleets navigating dense motorway networks or narrow A-roads. When a driver eats, they often experience cognitive tunnelling, a state where their mental focus narrows so intensely on the secondary task (like unwrapping a meal or managing a spill) that they lose peripheral awareness of the road. This can increase reaction times by up to 44%<\/a>, making it nearly as dangerous as driving under the influence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n By adding accurate AI-powered Eating Detection to its Dual-Facing AI Dashcam and AI Dashcam Plus models<\/a>, Motive enables safety leaders to tackle one of the most common and underestimated forms of distraction, without the friction of false positives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n