Sentences with phrase «for highway drivers»

«Will the glare from five square miles of mirrors create a distraction for highway drivers?

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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.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety replicated small front - overlap crashes with seven small SUVs that received good ratings after the front driver's side corner of the vehicle hit a barrier at 40 mph.

Tesla has seen a steady increase in Autopilot use since the feature made its debut in 2014; drivers now rely on it for a third of highway miles driven, Musk said Wednesday.

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

Starsky Robotics co-founder Stefan Seltz - Axmacher tells me his goal for the platform is to allow drivers located in a central office to bring multiple units up to highway speed before handing control over to the autonomous system.

Otto, the self - driving truck startup bought by Uber, recently teamed with Anheuser - Busch to successfully deliver a truck - load of beer to Colorado Springs without involvement from a driver for the highway stretches of the 120 - mile trip.

For reasons ranging from highway speeds to varying cargo requirements, trucking experts literally burst out laughing when asked about the notion of a driver sleeping while his truck barrels across a lonely state.

For a flavor of what the experience is like, have a look at this video of every driver on a busy highway pulling over, getting out of their cars, and standing solemnly at the sound of the siren:

The North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program and Ford Driving Skills for Life are hosting a free advanced driver training course for newly licensed drivers / teenagers March 29 - 30.

At a Staten Island press conference to announce funding for road repairs, Mr. de Blasio said he, like any other city driver, has his list of highways to avoid due to their shabby condition.

We are always looking at new and better ways to make the highway even safer, and Governor Cuomo's Text Stops initiative is an excellent way for drivers to stay in touch while recognizing the dangers of using mobile devices while driving.»

These Zones will be identified with signs along the Thruway and State Highways, reminding drivers that there is a nearby opportunity for them to legally and safely use their phone.

Erie County Legislator Joseph C. Lorigo met with County Highway workers last week on Bullis Road in Elma to receive an update on the repairs being done to improve the roadway for drivers.

West Seneca Highway Superintendent Matthew English, Erie County Legislator Joseph Lorigo and West Seneca Supervisor Sheila Meegan announce that parking is now prohibited along Seneca Street in front of the Senior Center to make it safer for drivers attempting a left - hand turn from of the center's driveway.

Federal officials worried that drivers on I - 690 would not be prepared for a traffic light, and backed up traffic, on the highway at odd times of the year.

A driver manually operated the vehicle from State Street to I - 90 where Audi Highway Pilot technology was then initiated, enabling automated driving for approximately 6.1 miles before a safe return to the Empire State Plaza.

With winter weather in the forecast and holiday traffic expected to be heavy, the State Thruway Authority is taking steps to keep the highway clear for drivers.

The existing toll structure promotes unsafe behavior by prompting drivers to exit highways «that were designed for large volumes of traffic and where no pedestrians and cyclists exist and you can't hit them, and puts them onto city streets,» en route to the toll - free East River bridges, said Matthiessen.

The New England Thruway rehabilitation project is being completed in accordance with the requirements of Governor Cuomo's Driver's First Initiative, which prioritizes the convenience of motorists and ensures that disruptions are as minimal as possible for drivers at highway and bridge projects across the state.

As part of its Safe Road Trains for the Environment project, known as SARTRE, automakers are designing vehicle systems that would let cars safely tailgate on designated highways in a trainlike procession led by a professional driver.

(Caveat: That impressive figure, pulled from a study commissioned by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, excludes intoxicated drivers and assumes that everyone on the road is driving a talking car, that every intersection and stop sign in America can join in the conversation, and that the auto industry agrees on standardized equipment for all this chatter.)

Ekmark says we are now entering an era in which vehicles will also gather real - time information about the weather and highway hazards, using this to improve fuel efficiency and make life less stressful for the driver and safer for all road users.

With clearance to drive on Nevada's highways, this could be big news for the trucking industry, which struggles to find drivers to do the exhausting work.

«Cell phone bans have reduced cell phone use by drivers, but the perplexing thing is that they haven't reduced crashes,» says Russ Rader, a spokesperson for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Arlington, Virginia, who was not involved in the new study.

Mexico City's Via Verde Project, for instance, is transforming highway pillars into gardens to help cleanse the air, beautify the urban environment and lower drivers» stress levels.

This is a suggestive emptiness: a car racing down an empty rural highway, creating suspense; a sky that hangs ominously over a gas station, and then begins to fill with the fiery ribbons of a spy satellite breaking up in the atmosphere; people standing in empty fields and clearings in anticipation of the supernatural; the spotless white space of the test room of a secure government facility; the camera pivoting around NSA analyst Sevier (Adam Driver) as the massive hangars of an Army base flicker on one after another, readying for pursuit.

• Halloween: As Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) examines a pickup truck pulled off the highway (missing, incidentally, the corpse of the now - naked driver), the thunder of a train builds ominously offscreen; it eventually becomes visible — from exactly the direction that the «predictable» architecture of the shot did not prepare us for...

Like a distracted driver constantly missing his highway exit, Collide keeps passing on opportunities for action in favor of patience - straining exposition.

The driver of the truck, age 27, was also killed, according to Robert Buckhorn, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board (ntsb), which has begun an investigation into the accident in conjunction with the state highway patrol.

Still, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, driver distraction (code for texting while driving) is the cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes and 23 % of all car accidents, the latter of which equals roughly 1.5 million crashes every year.

FHWA researchers have pioneered a variety of safety enhancements for America's roads — such as cutting - edge retroreflective laminates which make highway signs brighter and more visible from greater distances — to address the needs of older drivers, which range from declining vision to decreased flexibility and psychomotor performance, and changes in perceptual and cognitive performance.

«Eco-minded drivers keen on switching to electric [vehicles] would do well to buy a Leaf or Volt for highway driving, instead of a low - speed vehicle (like a GEM, Wheego, or another neighborhood electric vehicle),» says Nolan.

That impressive highway performance set the tone for a year in which the 5 - series crisscrossed the eastern half of the United States, piling on 29,324 miles and astonishing drivers with its fuel economy and range.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 16 -19-year-olds have a fatal crash rate that is nearly three times the rate for drivers ages 20 and over.

Volvo plans its test of Level 4 autonomy on about 31 miles of highway in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2017 and wants to next test somewhere in the U.S. California's Department of Motor Vehicles put the kibosh on that late last year when it issued operator rules for autonomous vehicles that require human drivers to always be in control.

«There is no place on our highways and roads for bus and truck companies and commercial drivers that ignore safety and put the public at needless risk,» said FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro.

That's surprising because the windshield pillars rake back toward the driver at a shallow angle, yet it was never hard for me to see out the Envision, either when parking or while driving on the highway.

There's also a Driver's Assistance Package that offers semi-automated driving for speeds up to 130 mph that's super fun to use on long stretches of less engaging highway.

A few people criticized its highway demeanor and most agreed that wind noise was a factor, but what the Cube lacked in performance and straight - line speed it made up for in its uncanny ability to sooth and satisfy even the most power hungry and performance - oriented driver.

Once the vehicle has entered the highway, the driver is instructed to kickstart the process by pulling back on the two paddles for a set amount of time.

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The X5's turbocharged 3.0 - liter inline -6-cylinder engine gets an EPA - estimated 16/23/19 mpg city / highway / combined and has more than enough oomph and acceleration fun for those using the X5 as a daily driver.

Confirming as much in a 2016 letter to Google, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it agreed with Google that its self - driving car will not have a «driver» in the traditional sense that vehicles have had drivers for the last hundred years or more.

Then, if there's time, avoid Chicago and instead head up I - 41 past Green Bay, onto Michigan Highway 2 into Escanaba, in search of drivers» roads in the Upper Peninsula for future features.

Issued by the Department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the guidelines would establish specific recommended criteria for electronic devices installed in vehicles at the time they are manufactured that require visual or manual operation by drivers.

A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says that two - thirds of drivers who live in cities with red - light cameras support the automated systems.

The bustling highway hardly highlights the Miata's strengths, but after encountering a meandering semi and several distracted drivers, I'm thankful for the Miata's short - throw shifter, light clutch, and compact size.

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