Sentences with phrase «at times driver»

In Malaysia, flash flood is common phenomena throughout the year which at times drivers are unable to avoid.
At that time the driver of a Cadillac Deville made a right turn onto Milwaukee Avenue, failed to observe the plaintiff, and struck her.
At that time a driver in a 1997 Buick LeSabre was being pursued by police officers at a high rate of speed.
However, it should be noted that the points can only be removed if they are present at the time a driver signs up for the course.

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Ali Shaker, who was driving near the van at the time, told Canadian broadcast outlet CP24 that the driver appeared to be moving deliberately through the crowd at more than 30 mph.
When you climb into a Tesla (tsla) as a first - time passenger, drivers turn giddy at the chance for show - and - tell — especially in China, where Vanessa Zhu is playing host on this sunny spring day in Beijing.
While your drivers will be at your service for the accounts and contracts you retain, the pressure is on to have no down time because you're paying for those drivers and those vehicles whether you're using them or not.
That decision was certainly the right one for me and my opportunities in business at the time and, looking back now, I would have to say it worked out pretty well for us and also the driver that wound up getting that rookie test.
Joe Seiner, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, recently told me he believes certifying Uber drivers as a class ignores the different «economic realities» that affect drivers who approach Uber as a full - time job or career and those who use it for occasional income supplementation.
Uber at first claimed the human driver had been in control when that happened, but reporters at The New York Times obtained internal documents showing that the car failed to recognize the light.
A yellow flag at a bad time can prove pretty costly and it has happened to us with Helio and other drivers more than a few times.
«Smart robotics are going to be a key driver of the next stage of the information revolution,» said SoftBank chair Masayoshi Son at the time.
At the time, he said in an interview that the NHTSA «made clear they were going to use their enforcement tools to the full extent» in cases in which automakers failed to protect drivers and passengers» safety.»
«But at the same time, we're in a business where riders and drivers make choices, and the ride - sharing market is still new.
Police will be monitoring impact of the fake girl on traffic; she was designed to jolt drivers into paying attention but give those travelling at the street's recommended 30 kilometres per hour enough time to stop.
Even if we don't really need drivers, it will be a long time before people are willing to 100 percent give up control, at least in emergencies.
At a twice - monthly team meeting, staffers share stories of great driver - passenger interactions from the past week — say, the time one brought the other a sandwich because he texted he hadn't eaten all day.
«These hires join our leadership team at an exciting time and we believe they will be strategic drivers of DSC's continuing success.»
And don't forget that at the level of racing where we compete, our team is often the first time where young drivers get an opportunity to race in front of the big teams on the big tracks.
At the time, the NTSB said that «operational limits» such as Tesla being unable to ensure that drivers are paying attention when a car travels at high speed played a major role in the 2016 fatal crasAt the time, the NTSB said that «operational limits» such as Tesla being unable to ensure that drivers are paying attention when a car travels at high speed played a major role in the 2016 fatal crasat high speed played a major role in the 2016 fatal crash.
Customers will be able to call cars with a special app at any time of day, and each vehicle will have a safety driver behind the wheel.
The company says that before Autopilot can be used, drivers must acknowledge that it's an «assist feature» that requires both hands on the wheel at all times.
The Times also reported that Uber has «experimented with video game techniques, graphics and non-cash rewards of little value that can prod drivers into working longer and harder — and sometimes at hours and locations that are less lucrative for them.»
The influential magazine said Tesla should drop the Autopilot name and disconnect the automatic steering system until it's updated to make sure a driver's hands stay on the wheel at all times.
For example, in China, Uber at the time offered incentives for drivers to sign up new users.
Drivers also must be prepared to take over at any time, Tesla has said.
There was the death of a Tesla driver in May who had been using the autopilot mode at the time, prompting questions about the safety of the software, the explosion of a SpaceX rocket in September that also destroyed a satellite from the Mark Zuckerberg - led nonprofit Internet.org, and SolarCity's continuous habit of bleeding money.
Witnesses of the Florida crash have reported the Tesla driver who died was watching a film from the Harry Potter series at the time of the accident, a detail that would seem to further bolster perceptions that drivers are placing excessive trust in an untested feature.
A smartphone app also connects to a SIM card embedded in the car and lets the driver see their charge level at any point in time.
At the same time, sharing high - value content has become an essential driver for any business looking to engage and influence audiences.
But for a long time the commission was 20 %, and drivers who started at that level are grandfathered there.
While it noted that the driver had time and unobstructed view of the divider before the crash, it didn't mention what action the automated systems took at the time.
«Upfront fares are calculated using the expected time and distance of the trip and local traffic, as well as how many riders and nearby drivers are using Uber at that moment.
It did not name the driver, identified by ABC 7 News as Apple engineer and former EA programmer Walter Huang, while confirming that its Autopilot feature was engaged at the time of the crash.
However, Bloomberg reported that it's also looking into another crash earlier this year where a Model S ran into a fire truck parked on the highway, where the driver claimed Autopilot was engaged at the time.
And dispatchers get access to more than just mapped - location data: FMS's sensors can measure vehicle speed and battery voltage, as well as the length of time a driver spends at a location.
But the biggest driver may be the Federal Reserve, which raised U.S. interest rates on Wednesday, at a time when few other central banks are.
Uber's notification regarding surge pricing went out at 7:36 Eastern Time, after the end of the taxi drivers» announced work stoppage.
At least a handful of times, Uber drivers have been accused of taking riders on «rides of hell,» some of which could be classified as outright abductions.
In 2015, the company's test drivers disengaged — a jargon term that means they had to take manual control of the vehicle because the software failed or for safety reasons — at a rate of 0.8 times per 1,000 miles in California.
Drivers yell at pedestrians all of the time.
The data from the Prius dashboard gives drivers real - time feedback on their fuel consumption, which leads to a series of behavioral micro-adjustments in how they drive — a little less pedal to the metal at the traffic light, a little more coasting on the downhill.
March 30: Tesla releases a second blog post late on Friday night that acknowledges its driver - assistance software, Autopilot, had been engaged at the time of the crash.
Merel said at the time that his tech advisory firm doesn't expect video games to be the «primary driver for HoloLens» as the augmented reality market will reach $ 120 billion by 2020.
The vehicle was in autonomous mode at the time of the collision, with a human test driver behind the wheel.
If Uber wants to create the same kind of fan base and avoid scaring away new customers with bad - weather sticker shock, it should cap the amount riders pay at two or three times the normal rates, while still paying drivers whatever rates it needs to get them to come out onto the roads.
Uber has raised about $ 15 billion in funding since 2010, enabling it to discount fares and dole out bonuses to drivers that have at times exceeded $ 1,000.
When drivers activate Autopilot, the acknowledgment box explains, among other things, that Autopilot «is an assist feature that requires you to keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times,» and that «you need to maintain control and responsibility for your vehicle» while using it.
Two macro trends are converging to expedite the blended workforce of full - time and freelance workers: an increased ease of discoverability of available and skilled freelancers at a time of peak ACA related cost drivers.
Some researchers argue that it is impossible to determine when a contractor is truly working for a company during the times when the worker is waiting to pick up a ride, because the driver could be using two applications at once or attending to personal business.100 However, as noted in a 2016 report by the Economic Policy Institute, both Uber and Lyft already have guaranteed pay plans that they use in some markets during certain hours that pay workers guaranteed minimum earnings per hour based on their entire time logged into the system, including waiting times.101
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