Sentences with phrase «for drivers of cars»

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, between the years 2005 and 2009, there were 33 driver deaths (which is less than half the death rate for drivers of cars, SUVs, minivans and pickups).

This is a danger for the pedestrian and for the drivers of cars on the roads so it is important that everyone pay attention.

Besides computing the overall effectiveness estimates — 45 percent fatality risk reduction for drivers of cars with head - protecting side airbags, 11 percent reduction with torso - only side airbags — the researchers broke down the findings into more specific results.

The main findings were a 45 percent fatality risk reduction for drivers of cars with head - protecting side airbags and an 11 percent risk reduction with side airbags that protect the torso but not the head.

Insurance claims for drivers of cars and SUVs struck from behind were examined for evidence of driver neck injury.

Although phones in the car make it easier to get directions and communicate while away from home, it is dangerous for the driver of a car to use a phone while driving.

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Recode obtained documents that show Uber's self - driving cars require the human standby driver to take control an average 10 times for every 8 miles of driving.

New developments would allow connected cars to link up with smart city infrastructure to create an entirely different ecosystem for the driver, who is simply used to the traditional way of getting from Point A to Point B.

Last month, a bill that would cap the number of for - hire vehicles given permits — including the cars of people who drive for Uber and Lyft — was defeated after vocal protests by Uber drivers and its supporters.

There is a significant demand for GPS trackers as parents of teenage drivers are aware that they require trackers in the cars of their children to monitor their movements.

To play «backseat DJ,» you first need to connect your Spotify account with your Uber profile; when you request a ride, a music bar will appear at the bottom of the Uber app and you can select a playlist from your Spotify account while you wait for your car to show (although this only works if you get a music - enabled car, a detail that's apparently stressing out Uber drivers with older vehicles who fear they'll be penalized for not offering the service).

QNX, which made more than 60 % of the core software inside the world's car infotainment systems in 2011, has partnered with The Weather Network to send location - based weather data to drivers, and the intelligent dashboard system in many of Nissan's 2013 models, for instance, will feed drivers real - time local fuel prices, flight - status information, and points of interest supplied by Google.

According to documents filed with the state of California, Waymo's human drivers had to take control from the automated system (called «disengagement») once for every 5,000 miles its cars drove in 2016.

Driverless car software might not be an instant revenue driver given that the commercialization of self - driving cars might be some years away, but BlackBerry is hoping it will lay the groundwork for a future new revenue stream.

Tesla's vehicles already can assist drivers with highway driving, and the company has said its goal is for its cars to be fully autonomous by the end of this year.

Lyft as well as rival Uber have a history of drumming up ways to attract drivers, even for people who don't own cars.

Since GM's driverless cars are years away from hitting the road as part of Lyft's service, the automaker plans to provide short - term car rentals (for a day, week or month) to Lyft drivers in the immediate future, as well as lease financing through its GM Financial arm, said Ammann.

For me, as a race car driver used to things happening in fractions of a second, two more years was almost more than I could deal with.

San Francisco - based Breeze, founded this year, offers customers week - by - week access to vehicles they can use to support jobs as drivers for Uber, Lyft and other sharing - economy platforms; co-founder Jeffrey Pang describes the service as an «equalizer» for those who want to get in on the action but don't have cars of their own.

Using an argument that was all logic and engineering, Audi blamed the drivers of those cars for their misfortunes.

Mobileye N.V., whose collision - avoidance technology has been adopted in cars made by the likes of BMW AG and General Motors Co., said on Sunday it had raised money from five investors that valued its equity at $ 1.5 billion, highlighting the market potential for driver - assistance systems.

One feature the company is touting, for example, will park the car for you at the press of a button — «like magic,» says a test driver in Ford's promotional video.

With Walmarts reliably saturating most of the suburban United States, RV tourists, weary drivers on a budget, and more than a few open - road eccentrics can count on being able to find a spot to park their cars — and themselves — for the night.

Von Holzhausen makes no bones about it: The Model 3's ultra-minimalist interior — completely defined by a horizontal version of the Tesla touchscreen — anticipates a day when cars won't need controls for human drivers.

Daily, weekly and monthly car rentals from Hertz are now available as part of a pilot program for Lyft drivers in Las Vegas, said Oliver Hsiang, Lyft's vice president of partnerships.

«Their driver monitor system isn't as good as some other systems in terms of assuring that someone is paying attention,» said David Friedman, Director of Cars and Product Policy and Analysis for Consumers Union, the advocacy division of Consumer Reports.

There was no driver involved for the entirety of the trip, and the cars were able to change lanes and adjust their speeds successfully.

In the lawsuit, the drivers alleged that because Lyft has misclassified them as contract workers instead of employees, it owes them reimbursement for expenses like gas and car maintenance.

Last month, the city council approved a separate set of regulations that requires that drivers display the companies they work for in their cars (such as Lyft's pink mustache), mentions fingerprinting as part of the background check requirements, and outlines restricted areas at the airport and during large festivals.

Uber had faced a long string of serious setbacks: A self - driving car that ran a red light, a lawsuit for allegedly stealing the information to create that self - driving car, a scandal about software designed to deceive law enforcement in cities where the company was operating illegally, and video of Kalanick cursing out a driver.

Providing this service allows our Chairman and our CEO while in transit to work safely and have confidential telephone conversations undisturbed, and thus provides a benefit to the Company that more than offsets the relatively modest incremental cost for their non-business use of a car and driver over the past year.

While Tesla owners are not eligible for those subsidies because the cars are foreign - made, the city of Shanghai offers free license plates for all electric car brands, saving drivers around $ 12,000 in fees.

Two types of testing will be reviewed for public roads: fully autonomous cars without a driver, and those with a qualified driver who could take control at any time, similar to laws in the US where driverless cars have been tested on public roads since 2011 in some states.

Home to the University of Alabama system and the Mercedes - Benz assembly plant, a 30 year old driver living in Tuscaloosa will pay on average $ 1,220 for full coverage car insurance.

In lieu of a car allowance, under our security policy for our Chairman and our CEO, we provide a car and driver to Mr. Kovacevich and to Mr. Stumpf that each of them used primarily for business and occasionally for commuting from home to office or to outside events.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, some of the smallest cars on the road have the highest driver fatality rates.

In May last year, The Economic Times reported that State Bank of India had suspended car loans for Uber and Ola taxis, following loan defaults of about Rs 120 crore due to non-payment of dues by drivers.

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That includes its ongoing technological efforts to get rid of the most costly part of its business model (the driver) via self - driving car tech; targeting 2020 for a demo of a flying car project called Uber Elevate; and, last week, announced it was pushing into the trucking space with Uber Freight.

A video of Kalanick aggressively berating one of his own drivers swiftly followed, as did a lawsuit from Google driverless car sister company Waymo for trade - secret misappropriation.

Then, on Wednesday, a video of Kalanick in an unfortunate argument with a driver for asking about the status of the company's premium car service, UberBlack, surfaced.

As Autopilot technology continues to be developed, more advanced functionality will be made available to Tesla owners over time nearing full self - driving capabilities; however, until truly driverless cars are developed and approved by regulators, the driver is responsible for and must remain in control of their car at all times.

The notification says that companies applying for public road tests should have already tested the cars in closed roads and areas, and that a driver with at least three years of experience should always be in the driving seat and ready to take over if necessary.

The California DMV passed regulations that allow for the public testing and deployment of autonomous cars without drivers.

But as Singapore's official partner, nuTonomy is laser focused on its goal of meeting the many technical milestones — of deploying self - driving cars without safety drivers, for example — that the government has set.

NASCAR drivers can't push their cars to the extreme for the duration of the race without taking a break.

It added a button on the steering wheel for drivers to create an audio explanation when they took the car out of autonomous mode.

Lyft and GM are also planning on creating rental hubs that would allow potential Lyft drivers who don't own their own cars to rent a vehicle for a short period of time so that they, too, can earn a living.

But for Uber, such cars are not a side bet but a way to be more fully in control of its business by eliminating the need for drivers who expect to be paid.

The most notable (and unique) of Erie's coverages however is the Erie Rate Lock, which promises your rates won't go up for any circumstance other than adding another driver or car to your policy.