Sentences with phrase «avoid hitting the brakes»

Drive according to the road conditions and try to avoid hitting your brakes with too much force.

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Several car companies have developed systems that detect pedestrians and automatically brake to avoid hitting them and, embarrassing PR glitches aside, Volvo's «city safety» feature represents the market leader in this area.

You see the tree branch on the road, hit the brakes, and it seems like an eternity before you know if you avoided the collision or were too late.

In one of the scenarios Honda is testing, the first car traveling in a group of three slams on the brakes to avoid hitting an animal, which sends an immediate warning to the following vehicles and sends a picture of the situation to their dashboards.

Cortisol is your main stress hormone, and it rises during times of stress to sharpen senses and increase chances of survival (if you were, say, outrunning a tiger or slamming on your brakes to avoid hitting a car in traffic).

When Josh slams on the brakes to avoid hitting a dog along a two - lane highway in the country, his car is rear - ended by Lorraine (Marianne Jean - Baptiste), a cellist en route to a gig.

That allows a Volvo-esque pedestrian detection system that can brake autonomously at up to 45 mph and can entirely avoid hitting those on foot at up to 31 mph.

Included in the optional Technology package is Volvo's pedestrian detection feature, which can apply full braking force (reducing speed by as much as 22 mph) to help you avoid hitting pedestrians and cyclists who are at least 31 inches in height.

It includes the collision - mitigating braking system, which applies the car's brakes to avoid hitting obstacles sensed by its forward - looking radar.

Humans aren't perfect, which is why we often miss problems and don't hit the brakes fast enough to avoid an accident.

A camera mounted at the top of the windshield enabled a pre-collision braking system, which also warned me if it thought I wasn't braking soon enough to avoid hitting cars ahead.

If one is detected and you don't hit the brakes, CMBS applies the brakes hard to avoid the collision or minimize the impact.

The 1994 Buick LeSabre Limited slowed down when its optional traction - control system became active.The system automatically cut back on engine power and gently applied anti-lock brakes, thus indicating that I had hit a patch of icy road during a test drive along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.It was a good early warning signal that allowed the driver to take corrective action and avoid disaster.Background: For several years, the LeSabre has been America's best - selling full - size car, which is puzzling.

If its computer detects the driver attempting an evasive maneuver to avoid hitting an object from the front, the XC60 will make the turn as effective as possible by braking the inner wheels, adding steering input and then braking the outside wheels after the maneuver to settle the chassis.

It was hard for Austin to believe such a noise could come from this beautiful creature, but come it did, over and over, until he could stand it no more, and slammed on the brakes as part of an elaborate plan to avoid hitting a non-existent dog crossing the highway.

If your truck hits a bump or swerves to avoid an obstacle or if you step on the brakes suddenly, a dog riding in the truck bed can easily be thrown on to the road.

It very hard to manoeuvre your car while avoiding traffic at times and often your car stalls after you've hit the brakes.

Many times truck drivers have to brake suddenly in order to avoid hitting a pedestrian or a stalled car, thus causing a jackknifing accident.

While I accept there was a situation of peril created by the driver of the tractor trailer, the proximate cause of the collision between the defendant's vehicle and that of the plaintiff was the inattention of the defendant by travelling too close to the rear of the plaintiff's vehicle or, alternatively, the condition of the brakes on his vehicle which did not allow him to slow his vehicle in time to avoid hitting the plaintiff's vehicle.

Fekre testified at trial that he tried to avoid Hodgson by hitting his brakes and turning the steering wheel towards the road, but was unsuccessful.

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.

This can be a very BIG problem if the driver in front of you is not paying attention, and doesn't brake in time to avoid hitting the car that came to an abrupt stop in front of them... if your eyes were fixed on the back of their car, you will most likely be a party to the accident.