As the final phase of its research into the cause and effects of distracted driving, Ford is utilizing high-tech goggles that measure the amount of time drivers take their eyes off the road to help validate in-vehicle technologies such as GPS navigation systems. The special “occlusion” goggles are used in testing at Ford’s Human Machine Interface Verification Laboratory or “Distraction Lab.” Ford engineers and technologists use the data to accelerate the safer design of telematics systems that keep drivers connected and informed.