Sentences with phrase «make safe lane»

Some drivers just have very poor driving skills, such as being unable to consistently make safe lane changes, back up or park in tight spaces, or maintain a steady speed and distance from other vehicles.

Were you out on your motorcycle for a ride through the Texas Hill Country when a driver failed to make a safe lane change and ran you off the road?

Audi Side Assist is a technology developed by Audi to help drivers to make safe lane changes amongst traffic moving in the same direction at speeds above 30km / h on highways.

Not exact matches

In her commentary, «Baltimore needs a citywide approach to street design» (April 24), Liz Cornish states that Roland Park residents are «blocking» bike lane projects that would make the neighborhood more accessible and safe.

Also, the rest of the guys didn't make enough effort to get free and create safe ® passing lanes even with all of Miami's grabbing and pushing.

This has been followed by a successful campaign by cyclists to persuade Johnson to install new segregated lanes and other measures to make the roads safer for cyclists.

Zove is committed to making Long Island's towns and villages safer for pedestrians and cyclists, including widening sidewalks, implementing more crosswalks and expanding the bike - lane network.

«This ceaseless commitment will continue this year with a community - supported bus lane, pedestrian refuge islands and a protected bike path on First Avenue straight through East Harlem, and we will continue to push for speed cameras to make our streets and our schoolchildren even safer,» he said.

Unlike conventional interchanges at which drivers always stay in the right lane and make wide left turns onto the overpass, DDIs are considered safer because they utilize all left turns and decrease crashes at crucial interchanges (see photo).

The authors argue the best way to make cities safer for cyclists in Toronto and other cities planning for light - rail is to create separated bike lanes that minimize interaction with rail tracks.

In addition, Ford offers options such as a Driver Assistance Pack that adds safety collision avoidance, blind spot monitoring and lane keep assist to make the Focus ST that bit safer.

The windows are nice and big and makes changing lanes easy and safe.

Without having to turn my head at all, I could see when it was safe to make a lane change.

The mid-engine layout may make a vehicle safer, since an accident can occur if a vehicle can not stay in its own lane around a curve or is unable to stop quickly enough.

The system uses sensors to detect unseen traffic at the rear of the vehicle and alerts the driver to their presence, making lane changes or backing out of a parking spot easier and safer.

Audi lane assist helps the driver to remain in a given lane, while Audi side assist makes it safer to change lanes.

It makes me feel so much safer being notified when someone or something is in my blind spot so I don't make an unwanted lane change and cause an accident.

The Honda Civic Hatchback provides a rearview camera and an expanded view rearview mirror to make parking, reversing, and changing lanes safer.

If you want to make your CLS even safer, you can also choose Mercedes» PREsafe system, which closes all the windows and primes the seatbelts if it senses an imminent accident, as well as warning you if the car strays out of its lane on the motorway.

There are discrete warnings about lane departure, etc., that make driving safer, and the sound system keeps me, a finicky listener, quite happy (having no engine noise to compete with the music helps too.)

My favorite features of this vehicle are the lane departure, blind spot indicator, and cameras on all sides of the car which make me feel more safe.

They include adaptive cruise control, Audi side assist (for safer lane changes), Audi park assist (to make reverse parking a breeze), and many more.

The Audi side assist makes changing lanes safer and the Audi parking system advanced makes backing into a parking space easier.

The F - 150's has safety features such as a 360 - degree camera, pre-collision assists with pedestrian detection, lane - keep assist, and blind - spot monitoring making it a high - tech and super safe truck to drive.

A front camera system is adopted to process Lane Keep Assist, along with Speed Sign Recognition to ensure drivers can make sure they are keeping within the limit, and keeping safe within their lane.

Features like lane - keeping assisted steering, blind - spot monitoring, driver alertness monitoring and adaptive cruise control — which even works in stop - and - go traffic — help make the highways safer as well.

Strategic application of sound baffles and sound deadening coating aim to make it quiet, while 10 standard airbags and a host of optional electronic monitors like lane departure warning and forward collision alert help make it safe.

The driveline is joined by autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian collision avoidance, a near - full complement of airbags (no front knee airbags), lane - keeping and rear cross-traffic alert, safety exit assist, adaptive cruise control, and a 15 per cent stronger body to make this Santa Fe the safest yet.

It's why we need infrastructure, bike lanes, lower speed limits, safer roads, and more cyclists on the road for safety in numbers, instead of scaring cyclists off the roads by making them afraid to go out unless they are suited up in neon.

A $ 33 million plan would make downtown Des Moines home to a dense grid of bike lanes and a safer place for pedestrians, among other changes.

One Reason It Makes The Cut A resurgent grassroots bike advocacy effort overcame fervent opposition and helped win approval of a road diet (replacing car lanes with bike lanes) on South Willamette Street, making a direct cycling route to downtown safer.

In an analysis of seven U.S. cities, NACTO's third Equity Practitioners» Paper looks at the relationship between building bike lanes and bike safety, and finds that municipal policies that encourage bicycling, like introducing large - scale bike share programs, make it safer for everyone on a bike.

Bike safety lanes must be made much more viable throughout Manhattan before this program can be considered safe.

100k Views on their Classic Video: «The Case for Physically Separated Bike Lanes Old Car Scrappage Incentive Scheme Announced in UK This Needs More Attention: Making Streets Safe for Seniors Bill Ford Supports a Gas Tax Increase

I think the big draws of such bike lanes are that they are much more visible, which makes people notice them and consider biking for transportation, and that they seem to be much safer at a glance, which has the same effect.

«Complete» streets take ideas such as dedicated bike lanes, reduced street width, transit accommodations and pedestrian medians to make non-automobile users of streets safer and more apt to use different ways of getting around.According to Complete the Streets

All the major cycling - related arguments have been won: bike lanes are popular; they don't hurt local businesses; more biking doesn't lead to more accidents; bike lanes make pedestrians safer and don't impede the flow of car traffic.

She makes the argument that this is because the European cities have better bike lanes and safer conditions.

Until the roads department makes asphalt safer for cyclists, no one should have an issue with cyclists riding in the center of the lane to avoid getting caught and falling over.

One final fact PeopleForBikes highlights is that «96 % of people said protected bike lanes make them feel safer on the street.»

Now a new study, Lessons from the Green Lanes, provides clear evidence that separated bike lanes work really well, not only at saving lives, but in attracting more cyclists, making cyclists feel safer, and increasing economic actiLanes, provides clear evidence that separated bike lanes work really well, not only at saving lives, but in attracting more cyclists, making cyclists feel safer, and increasing economic actilanes work really well, not only at saving lives, but in attracting more cyclists, making cyclists feel safer, and increasing economic activity.

It works by utilizing sensors placed outside of a car to detect when an object is lateral to a vehicle and when detected, an alert triggers to make the driver aware that something may be near and that it may not be safe to change lanes at that time.

The belief is that the designated lanes make for safer travel for both bicyclists and motorists in some areas, reducing collisions and reducing injuries and deaths.

(b) Upon a roadway which is divided into 3 lanes and provides for two - way movement of traffic, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and passing another vehicle traveling in the same direction when such center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance, or in preparation for making a left turn or where such center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the same direction that the vehicle is proceeding and such allocation is designated by official traffic control devices.

Taking the time to learn where the city offers bike lanes, the most dangerous intersections and your responsibilities as a cyclist can help you make better decisions and stay safe on the roadway.

In fact, I would argue, in many cases, this particular area is being made more unsafe by forcing drivers to try and squeeze into another lane, when the one they are in is less crowded and safer.

VTL 1144 - a requires motorists to change lanes in a multi-lane highway in order to make a safe distance for safety vehicles.

VTL 1128 (b) directs that passing other vehicles or making a left turn from a center lane can only be done if executed in a safe manner.

The driving test will require you to perform tasks such as stopping and starting, turning around and backing up, making proper left and right turns, giving hand signals or using mechanical turn signals, driving in the proper lane, maintaining a safe following distance, and properly wearing your seatbelt.

You may not be legally required to switch lanes to get out of their way, but if it is safely possible to get out of the way, you will make things safer and less stressful for everyone on the road.