Sentences with phrase «for oncoming drivers»

Glare from low beams for oncoming drivers also is measured.

The low beams provide enough light on the straightaway and all curves, though they create a bit of glare for oncoming drivers.

Glare from low beams for oncoming drivers is also measured in each scenario.

«[The headlights] provide fair to good visibility but produce excessive glare for oncoming drivers,» IIHS noted in a recent release.

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When you are not stopped in the ever more frequent bumper - to - bumper traffic of this bustling port city, care must be taken to avoid drivers making turns, who assume the right of way against oncoming traffic; reversing for missed turns; or executing a U-turn in the middle of a busy road.

Driving these sections required a quick course in single - track etiquette, which dictates that the driver closest to the pull out waits for the oncoming vehicle to pass.

The main idea is for a camera to determine whether other vehicles are approaching and automatically dim the light in certain areas so oncoming drivers aren't dazzled.

Before exiting your vehicle, check for oncoming traffic or other hazards, and consider moving your vehicle out of any high - traffic lanes or other situations that could cause a problem for yourself or other drivers.

As finalists for Goodyear's North America Highway Hero Award, three professional truck drivers battled flames to pull victims to safety in separate accidents and another driver saved a mother and her baby from oncoming traffic as they lay on a wet and dark stretch of Florida's Turnpike.

Plus, factor in the $ 1,020 Driver Assistance Package (which includes built - in navigation, blind spot monitoring and rear traffic alert which warns you of oncoming cars if you're, for example, reversing out of a parking spot), and you'll have all the Nissan Sentra you'll really need.

For the 2014 model, the driver assistance capabilities of Range Rover Evoque are significantly enhanced by the introduction of new features * including: Park Exit (to automatically exit parallel parking bays), Perpendicular Park (to position the car centrally in parking bays), Adaptive Cruise Control (with Queue Assist, Forward Alert and Intelligent Emergency Braking), Closing Vehicle Sensing and Reverse Traffic Detection (to warn drivers of oncoming traffic).

Jack - rabbit starts are impossible, and the driver soon learns to allow extra time for maneuvers such as a left turn across oncoming traffic.

With the new - for - 2016 XC90 seven - seater crossover suv, there's the usual array of active safety features on offer — like forward collision warning with automatic braking and blind spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert — but there's also a function where it will hit the brakes if the driver tries to steer into the path of an oncoming vehicle (at an intersection, for example).

The radar - based driver assistance systems, such as oncoming traffic mitigation, BLIS with steering assist and city safety with cross-traffic alert for junctions, from the larger SUV will also feature on the XC60.

They provide a sharper resolution to maximise the available beam for the driver and more precise dimming to avoid dazzling oncoming vehicles.

The halogen low beams, for example, put more light in the eyes of oncoming drivers on a straightaway than on the left side of the road.

Something of a tradeoff for the performance is engine location — directly beneath the front seats — an arrangement that may bother drivers who prefer that the engine be between them and oncoming traffic, and that it be fully accessible for maintenance.

For the safety and protection of drivers in oncoming vehicles, the High Beam Assist (HBA) function automatically detects an approaching vehicle and dips the All - new Elantra's high beam headlights at night to reduce glare.

For example, the lamps can offer additional illumination to the side of the road in both urban and rural areas, while the high beam lights have greater intensity at motorway speeds, without dazzling oncoming drivers.

This technology was recognised for its ability to help avoid accidents by alerting drivers of oncoming vehicles that may not be within their field of vision.

The optional HID lights on Sportages built after June create some glare for drivers of oncoming vehicles and therefore earn an acceptable rating.

This system allows the driver to drive continuously with high beam on — depending on the traffic situation, individual LED units are switched off, for example, to avoid dazzling of the oncoming traffic.

The fresh version of the Distronic cruise control with new graphics available in both the instrument cluster and the head - up display, comes with new autonomous driving functions for improved safety and with the capability of adjusting the speed according to the route, braking for bends, decelerating when approaching motorways exists and stopping when the driver indicates to turn across the path of oncoming traffic.

When the oncoming car inevitably comes barreling around the corner the driver corrects by heading straight for us.

Drivers who fail to check their blind spots, fail to follow a safe distance behind motorcyclists, or who choose to unsafely turn in front of an oncoming cyclist are to blame for a number of serious and sometimes fatal accidents.

These tips include opening the door on the driver's side by reaching for the handle with the right hand so that the driver is forced to turn and look behind to see if there are any oncoming bicycles, cyclists passing parked cars at a safe distance of a minimum of 3 to 5 feet and avoiding driving or parking in bike lanes.

This is perhaps because they are normally caught unawares in most accidents, in contrast to drivers, who sometimes have a few milliseconds to «prepare» themselves or to brace themselves for oncoming collisions.

For example, in a recent case, a driver using the GPS system in a rental car found himself stuck on railroad tracks and in the path of an oncoming train because the GPS had directed him to travel across the tracks.

Or, a driver prosecuted for careless driving (which carries 3 - 9 points), would have to have hit a person, or caused a collision for example by turning across the path of an oncoming car to expect to receive 6 points.

The key for finding liability in these car accidents is to establish that the driver failed to meet his or her «duty of care» to oncoming traffic while making a left turn.

In this regard, Mr. Johnson cites Feng v. Graham [1988] 5 W.W.R. 137 (B.C.C.A.), (not a left turn case), for the principle that the plaintiff's entitlement to assume that other traffic will obey the law, is «subject to the proviso» (in counsel's phrase) that where it is apparent or should be apparent that an oncoming driver is not going to yield the right - of - way, then at that point the other driver must act reasonably and can not simply proceed into the collision, as it were.

The at fault driver was ticketed for failing to yield the right - of - way to an oncoming vehicle when he made his left turn, in violation of 625 ILCS 5/11-902.

Provided there is no traffic coming or you are at a four - way stop where oncoming drivers are required to stop and wait for you, you are free to turn left.

In the above story, the sleeping driver could have been at fault for the accident even if he was not drowsy, because he had veered into oncoming traffic.

Another recent development has seen crashes being caused deliberately by a driver «slamming» on their brakes so that the driver behind hits them, this is usually carried out at roundabout junctions, when the following driver is looking to the right for oncoming traffic and does not notice that the vehicle in front has suddenly stopped for no reason.

This complete stop gives the driver the opportunity to look for oncoming traffic, pedestrians, and / or cyclists.

Driving at night, many drunk drivers will turn on their high beam headlights, and forget to dim them for oncoming traffic.

Drivers must remain at 30kmph or under at all times, and driving over a curb, failing to stop at a light or junction, and failing to check for oncoming traffic results in instant failure.