Sentences with phrase «oncoming lane»

According to early reports, Henry Clarke's car began to drift into oncoming lanes of traffic.

(b) Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB) EyeSight high - performance stereo cameras accurately detect the presence of vehicles ahead and in oncoming lanes, smoothly adjusting the range of the high beams in a continuous range by means of shields inside the headlights.

And as you'd expect from Volvo, it's available with a wide range of active safety features to keep you on the road and out of trouble, including LED headlights with active high beam that automatically switch between high and low beam as well as a lane keeping aid with oncoming lane mitigation to help keep you in your lane.

We'll dig into more advanced evolutions of autonomous braking and collision avoidance systems like Audi's turn - assist system and Volvo's oncoming lane detection — which go so far as to monitor other lanes of traffic for threats and how this technology enables convenience features like adaptive cruise control in, you guessed it, a separate article soon.

Plus, it pulled to the left after repeated wheel alignments, so much I had the bowtie logo on the steering wheel tilted over to 2 o'clock to keep the thing from shooting left into oncoming lanes!

Also on board will be adaptive cruise control, oncoming lane mitigation, run - off road mitigation and blind spot information.

She goes too fast around a corner, loses control, swerves into the oncoming lane, and is run over by a semi.

An approaching 18 - wheeler apparently hydroplaned, its tractor plowing into a ditch while its trailer jackknifed into the oncoming lane and Clay's sport utility vehicle.

«Watch this,» he said as he steered the ungainly vehicle around a sharp corner in the city's small downtown, crossing well over into the oncoming lane.

There's drowsiness, road construction, darkness, a novice driver in the oncoming lane.

The head - on collision avoidance system, dubbed Oncoming Lane Mitigation, can tell when the driver has veered out of their lane of travel and into an oncoming lane, as well as detect an oncoming car, and then take action to steer the XC60 back into its own lane and out of harm's way.

The lane changing and blind spot assistance will apply the brakes to one rear wheel at a time to steer the car in order to keep the driver from drifting into other vehicles or oncoming lanes.

That and the adaptive cruise control, which had the disconcerting habit of seeing vehicles in the oncoming lane and letting off the gas.

If a deer jumps out in front of you, Snapshot would prefer that you swerve into the oncoming lane rather than mash that brake pedal.

Vehicles in front or in the oncoming lane are no longer dazzled, while the areas in between and to the side continue to receive full illumination.

The new Focus will also offer an Adaptive Front Lighting System that will adjust the intensity and the headlight beam angle to the driving environment, in addition to a glare - free high beam function that is designed to avoid blinding cars in the oncoming lane.

The on - center vagueness will prevent you from sneezing into the oncoming lane, but it also contributes to a larger - car laziness that you wouldn't expect from a compact.

These include Pilot Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control, City Safety with pedestrian, cyclist and large animal detection, Oncoming lane mitigation, Driver Alerts and Lane Keeping Aid.

Standard on the XC40, all trim lines, are lane keep assist / lane centering assist, run - off - road mitigation and oncoming lane mitigation (what it sounds like), drowsy driver alert, road - sign reading, auto high beams, and collision mitigation / braking for intersections (crossing cars), cyclists, pedestrians, and large animals by day and night.

The new XC60 also gets safety aids like steer assist, city safety system which includes pedestrian and cyclist detection and can apply the brakes automatically to avoid a collision at speeds up to 50 km / h, oncoming lane mitigation to avoid head - on collisions, ABS and ESC.

In addition to passive safety features like a full suite of airbags and LED headlights / daytime running lights, the XC40 comes standard with several active driver aids, including automatic emergency braking, road sign information, lane keeping assistance, oncoming lane mitigation, and pedestrian detection.

The XC40 is the first to be based on the company's new CMA architecture and gets a host of tech and driver assist features like Pilot Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control, City Safety with pedestrian, cyclist and large animal detection, Oncoming lane mitigation, Driver Alerts and Lane Keeping Aid.

«This gives reason to believe that a collision with a small overlap often happens because the party responsible for the [crash] gets into the oncoming lane unintentionally as a result of a driving error or due to inappropriate speed,» the authors say.

The XC40 also offers lane - keeping assist, oncoming lane mitigation, driver alert control, run - off road mitigation, road sign information, post-impact braking, and collision avoidance, in addition to the usual assortment of airbags plus traction and stability control systems you expect to find in a modern luxury car.

Additionally, the vehicle will also be offered with adaptive cruise control, oncoming lane mitigation, run - off - road mitigation and blind spot information.

I overcompensated and spun out into the oncoming lane, just missing a pickup truck.

In Johnson v. Carter, the defendant driver moved into an oncoming lane and crashed into an oncoming car, killing one of the passengers in the vehicle.

The Plaintiff thought the Defendant's vehicle was in the oncoming lane so she tried to keep to the right of the Defendant's vehicle.

So even though she technically swerved into the oncoming lane, she only did so to avoid a crash caused by the other driver entering her lane.

According to police, Leon was operating his vehicle on Route 125 in Wilmington, when he lost control of the car, entered the oncoming lane, and collided head - on with another automobile.

Most head - on collisions are the result of one car crossing a diving line or median and striking a car in an oncoming lane.

Giuliani was travelling on Derry Road when she lost control of her vehicle on the icy roadway and travelled into the oncoming lane where a head - on collision occurred with another vehicle.

In incidents with trucks and other heavy vehicles entering the oncoming lane, the magnitude of the larger vehicle colliding with a medium or small passenger vehicle will usually inflict catastrophic injuries to the passengers of the standard vehicle or even cause multiple fatalities.

A woman and her two children from Nageezi, New Mexico were killed on U.S. 550 near Bloomfield last Thursday when their car collided with the trailer of a semi-truck that was traveling in the oncoming lane.

The truck involved in the fatal crash braked to avoid a collision, and its trailer drifted into the oncoming lane and was hit by the car containing the family.

For example, if a driver making a left turn did stop and wait but the driver in the oncoming lane is speeding excessively and / or doesn't stop for his or her own red light or stop sign, the accident becomes that driver's fault rather than the left - turn driver.

There was roadway evidence of skid marks originating in the tractor's lane of travel into the oncoming lane.

Concerned motorist called 911 to report Client's driving, which included driving into oncoming lanes and striking and damaging numerous street signs.

He also represented the families of seven laborers who were killed in the largest vehicular manslaughter case in Texas history where 10 people were killed after a runaway 18 - wheeler crossed into the oncoming lanes of traffic of Highway 75.

Our client was operating his motorcycle with his girlfriend as a passenger when they were struck by the defendant, who turned left from the oncoming lane of traffic into their path of travel.

The problem is, many drunk drivers who appear to be driving normally, are at an extremely high risk of missing a stop sign, red light, or swerving into an oncoming lane unexpectedly.

For example, if you were passing a large truck or legally passing a vehicle in the oncoming lanes, you might briefly drive over the limit so that you could place yourself in a safer position.