Long drives can be boring. Your goal is usually to get to where you're going; in most cases, the drive itself is just a means to an end. And when steering a vehicle going 60 miles per hour, boredom can be a killer. To combat this, we've come up with all sorts of ways to keep drivers aware and awake as they make these trips. Cars typically come with radios and sound systems, to give you something to listen to on your trip. Many cars can now detect if you're swaying out of your lane and suggest you pull over for a cup of coffee. And for most drives, there's something to look at out the windows -- nature, buildings, or the license plates of other cars. 

But for long drives through the middle of nowhere, particularly if you're alone, most of these tactics don't work. You may not have great radio reception and besides, that goes boring after a while. There may not be much to look at, either. It's easy to see a situation where a driver can become so bored, they just doze off and meander off the road, creating all sorts of danger. And in one particular road in Australia, that happens all too often.