Sentences with phrase «car as a pedestrian»

In addition to considering what could happen to him as a driver or passenger in a car, they also thought about how he would survive a collision with a car as a pedestrian.

In fact, Keith Fuicelli has first hand experience with being hit by a car as a pedestrian.

The first thing to do after you've been hit by a car as a pedestrian after you've sought medical attention and spoken with the police is to call the lawyers of Goldfinger Law.

Personal injury protection covers those costs as well as any medical bills you might incur if you were hit by a car as a pedestrian.

Not exact matches

As companies continue to increase the number of tests they conduct in cities, their vehicles are facing the kinds of challenges — like pedestrians and intersections — that are more difficult for self - driving cars to handle.

The seven - lane street allows cars access to the Manhattan Bridge, Interstate 78, and the Holland Tunnel, as well as pedestrian access to nearly every subway line in Manhattan.

Also, the autonomous car technology currently available isn't able to tell the difference between various obstacles, such as other vehicles or pedestrians

There is relatively little car or pedestrian traffic, and a considerable presence of private security guards as well as the Cuban police.

As the investigation into last week's fatal crash where an autonomous Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz., the state's governor has suspended Uber's permission to test its cars there.

Aside from standard features such as adaptive cruise control, Volvo's technology was crafted so that both cyclists and careless pedestrians are detected when they suddenly jump in front of the car.

Police say a video from the Uber self - driving car that struck and killed a woman on Sunday shows her moving in front of it suddenly, a factor that investigators are likely to focus on as they assess the performance of the technology in the first pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.

A pedestrian killed by a self - driving Uber in Tempe shows that the legal implications of autonomous cars are as important, if not more so, than the technology.

This maneuver makes even the most pedestrian of cars look like fire - breathing monsters as they heat the tire rubber to gain a better grip on the asphalt.

Also interesting is that the track hasn't been properly closed as the Maestro blasts past pedestrians, lampposts and parked cars.

A sheltered pavilion will serve as an outdoor classroom and meeting space, and the site will provide efficient flow for pedestrians, cars, and school buses, and incorporate outdoor gathering spaces for school groups and other participants.

A variety of affordable transit options such as public transit, taxis, car shares, cycling, and safe pedestrian pathways is critical for residents of Erie County to engage in a wide variety of community activities across urban, suburban, and rural settings.

UPDATE at 12:45 p.m. Thursday: The Jamestown Police Department has released the name of the woman who died as a result of the car - pedestrian accident on Wednesday.

Wearing a blue rain jacket and a Navy hat with a ponytail poking out the back, Perez Williams toured the South Side that morning, knocking on doors, parked cars and even flagging down pedestrians as she drove from one neighborhood to the next in a white Chevy Malibu.

Only when we know more about the crash, including details on the actions of the pedestrian as well as data logs from the car, can we make judgments, he says.

The planned community checked off all the boxes of the «new urbanist» manifesto: a mix of housing types paired with centrally located amenities, designed for pedestrians and cars as well as public transport — oriented.

Essentially, people want driverless cars that are as pedestrian - friendly as possible — except for the vehicles they would be riding in.

Our heroine, Carol Solomon (played by Bell herself) does not drive, so we see aspects of life in Los Angeles rarely represented on film: no palm trees or freeways, but people walking in pedestrian friendly neighbourhoods such as Koreatown or negotiating cab rides or car sharing.

That is, the plot can be fitted on a box of matches with room to spare: in the future a car race is held in which the point isn't necessarily to be first at the finishing line, but to kill as many pedestrians as possible along the way.

Roger Greenberg's life is a one act play: the not - quite Jew, the bundle of neuroses who refuses to be identified with his stint in a mental hospital, who breaks even the Larry David / Woody Allen mold of comedic curmudgeon, as someone not quite of either coastal city, but of both and back, and of course, my favorite, the lone pedestrian in a city of cars.

Among the proposed sweeping changes to the way the federal government (NHTSA) tests car safety, headlight and taillight effectiveness would join forward collision warning, auto emergency braking, lane departure warning, blind - spot monitoring, and pedestrian automatic braking as new factors by 2018.

In a day when cars increasingly are saving drivers from themselves, the Kona Ultimate delivers as standard equipment life - saving technology such as blindspot crash warning with lane - change assist; rear cross-traffic crash warning; forward collision avoidance with pedestrian detection; lane - keep assist with driver - attention warning; and parking - distance warning while in reverse gear.

So eighties, the interior was the same as its pedestrian base car.

Standard on the Premium test car, however, was a low - speed collision warning system with automatic braking and pedestrian detection, as well as lane departure warning and prevention, front and rear parking sensors and blind spot and rear cross-traffic alerts.

Our test car had a $ 650 SL Technology Package, which includes Nissan's ProPilot Assist driver - assist technology, as well as active safety features like automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection.

Besides the safety technology, which will assuredly be seen on more pedestrian automobiles soon, as demonstrated with the S - Class's history of technological trickledown, the E-Class Coupe can also be had with inductive wireless charging, an intelligent LED light system that can greet you with the car's tail lamps, and the car's 12.3» COMAND Display infotainment center that allows the driver or passengers to change a host of variables throughout the car, including the accent colors and air freshener smell.

Of course, we presently understand these systems as slightly prosaic features that give us adaptive cruise control, lane - keeping assistance, emergency braking, front - and - rear collision avoidance (both with cars and pedestrians), blind - spot warning and collision avoidance, and even active parking assistance.

AUSTIN, Texas — The speedometer needle is closing in rapidly on 140 mph as we fly underneath the pedestrian bridge on the back straight at Circuit of the Americas, a track that caters to ultra-high grip, and horsepower Formula 1 race cars.

As we approached, the car's instrument cluster flashed a warning and produced loud chirping, then the system applied full braking power and stopped the car a few feet away from the pedestrian cutout.

Urban planners are redesigning cities and major metropolitan areas to be friendlier to pedestrians and bicyclists, amid ever - worsening traffic and as many millennials choose not to own cars, as Uber and Lyft and their ilk edge out traditional taxicabs.

This feature, which was included in our test model's Advanced Technology Package, detects pedestrians as well as cars, and it has active lane keeping assist.

Toyota says the car «creates a feeling of harmony with the surrounding environment by using sliding doors with a low window that lets you view nature at ground level, as well as headlights with light distribution control that take into consideration pedestrians and vehicles coming in the opposite direction.»

As a bonus, all T - Rocs get an automatic emergency braking system that can detect pedestrians as well as other carAs a bonus, all T - Rocs get an automatic emergency braking system that can detect pedestrians as well as other caras well as other caras other cars.

The A6 will also woo you with ample technology features such as optional in - car WiFi, a head - up display and night vision with pedestrian detection.

It even managed 81 per cent for pedestrian protection — and as the F - Pace employs much of the same technology and production techniques, we expect the SUV to be among the safest cars in its class.

The next Fit is likely to get a city safety / pedestrian safety feature that will stop the car short, automatically, in urban situations, and it's possible the same electronics would provide forward collision warning (not stopping) at higher speeds, as well as lane departure warning.

In terms of the latter, Lexus is touting the new car as the first that's capable of detecting and steering around a pedestrian if a collision is imminent, rather than simply performing an emergency stop.

The latest generation of Hyundai cars have been engineered from the earliest stages with occupant and pedestrian safety as a key priority.

As if Subarus don't already tread far from the herd, a pair of windshield cameras flanking the Subaru Forester mirror provide the sensors for adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning, forward collision warning, and city safety low - speed braking for pedestrians and cars.

The Skoda Kodiaq is equipped as standard with an AEB system that detects pedestrians as well as other cars.

Pressing once on the «My Car» button in the centre stack offers access to a range of settings, such as for City Safety, Collision Warning, Pedestrian Detection, Driver Alert System, Active Cruise Control, lighting, door mirrors, climate unit, central locking and audio system.

As well as assessing how well cars protect their occupants, Euro NCAP tests how well they protect those vulnerable road users — pedestrians and cyclists — with whom they might collidAs well as assessing how well cars protect their occupants, Euro NCAP tests how well they protect those vulnerable road users — pedestrians and cyclists — with whom they might collidas assessing how well cars protect their occupants, Euro NCAP tests how well they protect those vulnerable road users — pedestrians and cyclists — with whom they might collide.

The independent organisation performs crash tests on the vast majority of cars sold in the UK and Europe, and each test scores cars in four different areas: adult occupant protection, child occupant protection, pedestrian protection and safety assistance — and the final category covers technology such as AEB and lane - departure warning systems.

The trick is in trying to figure out why the number is spiking, even as cars become safer with myriad warning systems like forward collision warning and cameras that should make pedestrians safer.

Or it hollers «wake up» if you start to snooze at the wheel or cleans the rain off your side window when making a turn so you can spot a pedestrian entering the intersection.What may have been considered dreams soon may become reality as cars are developed with even more safety than today's air bags, anti-lock brakes and traction control can provide.Honda is testing new safety systems on a trio of concept cars that will be unveiled at the Tokyo Auto Show in October.

Standard equipment for the Volvo XC60 includes the City Safety feature, which can be thought of as a low - speed collision avoidance system that scans for pedestrians and cars ahead of the SUV and automatically brakes if it detects anything in its path.