VEHICULAR DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM

A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head accommodating a mirror reflective element. A driver monitoring camera and a near infrared light emitter are accommodated by the mirror head. With the mirror head adjusted to provide a rearward view to a driver of the vehicle, (i) a normal vector of the mirror reflective element is angled away from a centerline axis of the vehicle and toward the driver side of the interior cabin of the vehicle, (ii) a principal viewing axis of the driver monitoring camera is angled more toward the centerline axis of the vehicle than the normal vector of the mirror reflective element and (iii) a principal axis of illumination of a near infrared light emitter is angled more toward the centerline axis of the equipped vehicle than the normal vector of the mirror reflective element.