Sentences with phrase «driver test does»

For veterans of the series the Young Driver test doesn't offer a whole lot except for a short amount of boredom as the career mode is inaccessible until you've completed it, but for newcomers it takes you through simple things like driving in a straight line to learning how KERS and DRS works.

Not exact matches

Not only did Chevy save the day, it also gave drivers a chance to test drive the car.

Tesla (TSLA) did not respond to requests for comment about its California testing permit, which authorizes two test drivers to drive an autonomous 2014 Model S sedan.

The nonprofit says the driver's side seat belt did not have enough tension to protect the crash test dummy's head.

Those test drivers could carry passengers (barring any legal obstacles), but don't.

Yet Uber's test drivers were being asked to do more — going on solo runs when they had worked in pairs.

Even though his role as Williams test driver means he's technically one of his teammates, Massa really doesn't think much of the Scots abilities behind the wheel.

«I think when you are looking and trying to compare drivers, within one team during a test session, while you don't actually know yourself the programme that the engineers are running and if you don't take into account the weather conditions right there and then when they are doing their [fastest] lap, I think it's very difficult to sit there and to say: «Have Williams potentially made the wrong decision because the reserve driver has set the fastest lap?»

Claire WIlliams says that Robert Kubica's pace in the pre-season tests doesn't prove that the team has made a mistake with its driver choice

«What we try to do,» said championship committee chairman Walter Driver, «is set it up to make the course the most difficult test in championship golf.»

His stock carry distance with his Nike driver was 289 yards, but with the new M2, his test data shows that he's now carrying 307, a pickup of 18 yards for a guy that really didn't even need it.

It wasn't entirely John's fault though — Lotus boss Colin Chapman saw Miles as little more than a test driver and didn't put anywhere near the effort into his car as they did for Rindt.

Because it's the first day of the test the drivers don't push as hard as they can, but even so the cars look pretty quick.

F1 teams and drivers have another week of testing ahead and will be hoping that bad weather doesn't cause another week of stuttered running.

During that time, the prevalence of testing drivers for marijuana use did not change appreciably, federal fatal - crash data show.

Seeing teams posting videos from the track is a good step forward but a lot more can be done in the future to provide fans not at the track with extra content and information, delving deeper into the tests, teams and drivers.

2016 GP2 runner - up and Ferrari reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi will therefore take over Wehrlein's driving duties alongside Marcus Ericsson for the first test, with both drivers set to do two days each.

Williams racer Lance Stroll didn't get his first test as a fully - fledged F1 driver off to the best start when he brought the team's running to an early end following a spin through the Turn 9 gravel trap.

Strangely he doesn't seem to have gone down the rallycross route (his father was a rallycross driver and Jenson even tested a car last year), but as well as the Le Mans Classic he'll also be racing something at the Goodwood Revival.

If Sauber does continue with the plan to run Honda engines next year then running one of its drivers could be part of that deal, and although Matsushita doesn't yet have enough points for a superlicence, getting him to take part in the test could be the first sign that Sauber - Honda is going to be a thing after all.

And while it is not yet known where Norris will race next season, he will again be doing double duty as he takes on the role of McLaren's official test and reserve driver.

In reaction, the former army major said «when we go for operations in Congo, Liberia and other places, Ghanaian army drivers drive our own vehicles because what time do they have to test the drivers who have been trained here in Ghana».

And, she noted, that while Cuomo said teachers and bus drivers had lobbyists, he did not mention hedge fund managers, representatives of testing and technology companies, and privatization advocates, all of whom have weighed in on education and who have lobbyists.

«If you were a truck driver in the military, the military down at the DMV, so that you don't have to take this tests, they're waiving those CDL fees and things like that.

The child - sized dummy has just helped me test the first in - car system that can sense an imminent collision with pedestrians and brake automatically if the driver doesn't.

«They've done tests on drivers, and their heart rate can stay at 180 beats per minute for two hours, which is incredibly demanding,» she said at the time.

For the boys, playing the part of the daughter's boyfriend, a racecar driver (of course), Bay will evidently be testing Luke Grimes who had a role in «Taken 2» plus appeared on the ABC drama series «Brothers & Sisters» among other roles, «Weeds» actor Hunter Parrish, Jack Reynor («What Richard Did») and Aussie actor Brenton Thwaites (who starred in the 2012 TV remake of the «Blue Lagoon» titled, «Blue Lagoon: The Awakening» — lol).

Car drivers passing their driving test before January 1st 1997 gained a category D1 (101) «not for hire and reward» entitlement that allows them to drive a minibus of any weight and be paid whilst doing so.

«Today, curiosity, creativity, and ultimately genuine learning are at risk anywhere high - stakes testing, Big Data, and punitive accountability are the dominant drivers of what teachers and students do in schools.

For example, when a principal is «monitoring» student dismissal at 3 p.m., that responsibility should be viewed as both management and leadership, Dr. Alvy said, because the principal is making sure students are safe as they are leaving school and taking the opportunity to talk with students, teachers, and bus drivers about the day and important educational issues — such as, «Monica, I heard you did great on your math test yesterday; well done!»

But then it's up to the states, which will be in the testing - and - accountability driver's seat, to figure out how to do this and to insist on tests that make it possible.

Not only does the test tell us some important things about potential drivers» skills, we also know that preparing for the test helps improve those skills as potential drivers practice to get better.

Getting a teaching license in Indiana is a lot like getting a drivers license: A student teacher doesn't need to spend a certain amount of time «behind the wheel» of a classroom to earn a license, he or she only has to earn a degree from an accredited teacher preparation program and pass proficiency tests.

Many individuals do not pass their driver's test on the first attempt.

A series of young up - and - coming drivers have already done preliminary testing ahead of the Yaris WRC's 2017 debut.

As our time in the desert comes to an end, so does a 5000 - mile, flat - out test around the fearsome Nrburgring Nordschleife with veteran racer and test driver Dirk Schoysman at the wheel.

While both our Jaguar and our Infiniti had driver - selectable modes that control throttle and transmission mapping, in neither of our test cars did those selections extend to the suspension (Jaguar does offer that capability but for the XFR only).

The i did lose some marks during side impact testing — although side curtain airbags helped the car attain marginal torso protection ratings, the driver's door did open slightly during a 29 - mph - impact.

Doesn't that say something about their abilities or do all the Alfa and Ferrari test drivers have flawed senses?

What did Basseng think of Ferrari test driver Raffaele de Simone's 6 min 58sec lap in the 599XX track car earlier this year?

«If you do a lot of throttlings versus a steadier driver, you'll get a three -, four -, or five - percent variation... which is probably one of the more frustrating aspects of the test,» Bienenfeld says.

Ferrari test driver Andrea Bertolini explains that, in track mode, the stability control doesn't slow him down at all — it just provides a safety net in case he messes up.

The frameless windows don't seal very well, permitting as much wind roar around the driver's side window as I remember from the 2014 Mazda Miata MX - 5 convertible we tested this summer.

On cold pavement with less grip, we watched as a Nissan test driver did repeated launches.

You see, many of the multimillionaires who can and do buy cars like these are not as petite as, say, Ferrari test driver Raffaele De Simone, a typically compact, trim Italian racer.

Don't use a test light on the signal driver circuits.

While the test driver in this video never reaches 191 mph, he does take full advantage of the Giulia Quadrifoglio's chassis enhancements.

Yup, Ferrari's F1 test driver will do a couple of laps of the West Circuit before handing over to me.

Your numbers are way off, laziness and ignorance from your writers, Car & Driver, one of the only decent mags out there who takes the time and trouble to do and quote instrumented tests gives us the following 0 - 60's R8 V10 + 2.9 911 Turbo 2.6 Moral?

They feel as if Sport mode isn't set up as the engineers and test drivers would like it because they've been overruled by the marketing department and market researchers who told them customers don't want a snadge more rebound damping and a whisker of extra response from the throttle.