Sentences with phrase «driving over highway»

Yet that hasn't come at the expense of ride quality — though the firm suspension does rear its ugly head when you're traversing rougher road surfaces or driving over highway expansion joints, the Nissan Juke remains fairly calm and composed in almost all other driving scenarios.

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While my grandmother sat crying, my grandfather, who had been driving in silence, pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway.

De Nysschen also presided over the effective debut of Cadillac's Super Cruise hand - free highway self - driving feature, which now challenges Tesla's Autopilot as the best semi-autonomous consumer system available.

YouTube user William Rimmer uploaded a video of her mother testing out the feature of the electric car, perfectly capturing how people would likely respond to handing over the driving duties to a computer on a two - lane highway.

Uber recently forked over 1 % of its value, or $ 670 million, to buy Bay Area - based Otto, a new startup that is developing aftermarket gear that make big - rig trucks able to drive themselves on highways, while a driver would take over once the truck exits.

Statistics from the Federal Highway Administration show that 20 - 34 year olds today, on average, drive twice as much compared to drivers over 65 - years old.

With the practice of intentional rest, once a week, one day when you radically care for your soul by stepping back from the expectations — external and internal — a day to pull over to the side of the highway, and go for a walk in the meadow you're always driving by.

Along the drive, the first two hours of which was on a reasonably fast highway, we stopped for peanut porridge, jerk chicken, more beef patties — and everyone, no matter where we were, estimated we still had about three hours of driving ahead of us (including the two speed - gun - happy local cops who pulled us over).

Especially when it means driving over the river and down the highway — with small people who don't understand the meaning of «quiet, Mommy's trying to drive.»

A human driver drove the vehicle from State Street to Interstate 90, where the Audi Highway Pilot took over, according to a news release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.

If you're driving over Thanksgiving weekend, you won't have to contend with any construction - related temporary lane closures on state highways.

ONE night last July, biologist Anton McCaffrey was driving north towards San Francisco when a California Highway Patrol officer waved him over.

Driving along Pacific Coast Highway, you can see the successive layers of earth and rock that have piled up over millions of years to create California's coastal landscape.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and its affiliate, HLDI, have been working to discredit national anti-distracted driving efforts over the last year.

Harrison is also where the really great driving starts, as Highway 7, one of the Natural State's scenic byways, snakes and switchbacks into deep, river - cut valleys, over crests, and along ridges with great views to east and west.

The all - wheel - drive Acadia did an admirable job of charging over the slush - covered highway, and its HID headlights gave us great forward visibility.

Powertrain choices remain the same — a 2.5 - liter four - cylinder or a 3.5 - liter V - 6 with a six - speed automatic, and a 2.5 - liter Hybrid Synergy Drive system with a CVT — but we wouldn't be surprised to see a slight fuel economy bump over the current Camry's 25/35 mpg (city / highway) ratings with the four - cylinder and 21/31 mpg ratings with the V - 6.

On the nearly all - highway drive home, I got an indicated 44 mpg over some 250 miles.

But I missed that extra dollop of power while running in Eco Assist mode, which did give me 36.4 miles per gallon over several hundred miles of combined city and highway driving.

Driven similarly over the same - length mixed city / highway route, the diesel had consumed about a quarter of its 13 - gallon fuel supply, while the gasoline version had slurped down nearly half of its same - sized tank.

I had the MKZ Hybrid over Halloween weekend and achieved an indicated 29 mpg over 175 miles of mixed driving, which was disappointing, considering the 41/36 mpg city / highway EPA ratings and given how anxious the car is to switch to EV mode around town.

Its long, flat stretches were favorable to the Golf R's fuel economy, which approached 24 mpg instead of the low 20s we've been more commonly recording in and around L.A.. That's still a far cry from its EPA rating of 30 mpg highway, but when you're trying to get a boring, six - hour - plus drive over with as quickly as possible, you're not worrying about maximizing mileage.

With its new 2.0 - liter turbo - four engine, the 2016 Lexus IS200t sees ratings of 22/33/26 mpg (city / highway / combined), big increases over the departing IS250's 21/30/24 mpg, when equipped with rear - wheel drive.

Try a barely competent city car that if driven too much on the Freeway / Highway / Interstate will have its battery capacity diminished with each and every mile traveled over 40 mph.

It also provides a significant fuel - economy advantage over the larger V - 6: The four - cylinder is EPA - rated at 22/33/26 mpg city / highway / combined, dropping to 22/31/25 mpg for the all - wheel - drive model.

The 131 - hp, 2.0 - liter four - cylinder and CVT are carried over unchanged from the Nissan, and we presume that this front - wheel - drive van will receive the same 24/25/24 mpg city / highway / combined ratings as the Nissan NV200.

Looking at these cars raises plenty of questions, so we got behind the wheel for a day of driving through cities, down highways, and over rural back roads in search of some understanding.

While I'm not in any hurry to hand over the steering wheel to a self - driving system, the Cadillac CT6's Super Cruise feature would make a lot of sense on this family highway cruiser, and it would make the Buick Enclave Avenir a stronger potential competitor for the Volvo XC90, as well as the Audi Q7.

I drove a 2016 Kia Optima SXL for several hours around Aspen, Colo., over the Continental Divide and through Vail on a mix of winding mountain roads and interstate highway stretches.

He drives it at highway speeds and has been all over the country.

It was our last year of high school, and he brought along Mary and I went down with Ann, and we took turns at the wheel as we drove down over CA Highway 17 and then on the long stretch of CA Highway 1 along the shore of Monterey Bay.

The engine makes passing on the highway a breeze, and the sport suspension isn't too firm for fast driving over bad roads.

Taking to the highway again to Palm Springs saw the fuel economy improve to 24.7 mpg on the trip and drag the overall mpg for that tank of fuel used for in - city driving back over the 20 mpg line.

It's a well - mannered and classy drive, nearly without peer in safety and security systems, plenty roomy, and respectably economical for such an accommodating rig (I averaged about 21 mpg over a week of urban and highway driving).

I drove about 5 miles when my vehicle just stopped accelerating on the highway and i had to pull over and get a tow truck to take it back to them.

Although Audi has not released fuel economy information, expect a big improvement over the outgoing 2013 A3 TDI hatch, which achieved up to 30/42 mpg (city / highway) with the dual - clutch transmission and front - wheel drive.

With a highway driving range of over 500 miles in every engine configuration you can get both by driving the always versatile Dodge Journey.

Of course, claimed fuel numbers rarely match real - life numbers, and our Tacoma measured 15.2 L / 100 km during a two - thirds / one - third mix of city / highway driving, while its trip computer recorded a more optimistic 14.1 L / 100 km over the same time period.

Drive with agility through the city, confidence down the highway, and capability over rough terrain.

Fuel savings are said to improve by roughly 25 percent over the base model, for an average of 25 / 36 - mpg during city and highway driving.

Alright, let me be honest and tell you a few things that I dislike about this car: - Gas Mileage (Hyundai claims it gives you 25 mpg in the city, which is not true, I get not more than 23 mpg in the city for sure)- Traction Control (The traction can not handle the acceleration and the wheels would start spinning, even on the dry roads, not sure what to blame)- USB port - The built in USB port does not support android, at least not in my case, therefore I have to rely on Bluetooth or AUX)- Dull Alloy Wheels - The dullness of alloy wheels for the SE trim does not compliment the car over all, but eh, I can't complain much as it is a BASE model Now, the things I absolutely love about this car: - Great Turn Radius - Beautiful LED lights (even with base model)- Highway mileage (35 mpg even driving at 75 miles an hour, you might get better than 37 mpg if you drive at 55 miles an hour)- Spacious trunk - Great leg room for rear seats - Just enough power to accelerate quickly and merge on to the highways / freeways - Amazing Brakes - Sports, ECO and Normal Mode (For those who do not know, once switched to SPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sports car.

Cruise Control — Among the many safety features offered with the 2018 Hyundai Creta, this new cruise control system maintains speed of the vehicle on highways without acceleration input, thereby giving driver an easier and stress free driving style especially over longer distances.

On the other hand, even the CVT can't make the Forester quite as frugal as some of its competition, my 10.6 litres per 100 km average over 1,500 kilometres of mostly highway driving certainly no better than average.

When fitted with the 19 - inch wheels, it feels harsh when driving over rough patches at low speeds, while the ride on the highway can be bouncy.

It felt planted and confident in turns; driving over snow - covered roads or icy patches on the highway, the Countryman was secure and sure - footed.

The extra gear, over the standard car's four - speed, makes a huge difference in highway driving and cruising around.

On the road, I actually beat the estimates, with the car's 4.2 - inch instrument cluster display declaring an average of 5.3 L / 100 km over more than 700 km of urban and highway driving.

Despite the EPA readings of 22mpg in the city and 30mpg on the highway, we recorded an average of 19mpg over 165 miles of mixed metro driving, with at least half of that on the highway.

The mid-life update would add semi-autonomous driving tech too, which would allow the driver to hand over the controls to the car at speeds of up to 60 km / h in the city and up to 130 km / h on the highway.

The wagon weighs just over 4,500 pounds, so it's not quite a rocket, but it's quick enough to make highway driving stress - free and it'll blow the doors off a Prius if that's what you want it to do.