Sentences with phrase «on car safety»

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Since you're probably planning some road trips in the near future, now's the perfect time to brush up on car safety, especially if you have kids.

The W116 was larger on the outside than the W108 / W109 series it replaced, but had similar interior capacity, as the additional bulk was driven by several new and aforementioned engineering developments on car safety and occupant protection in a crash.

For those of you who are research heads and want more information on car safety standards, you can visit any of the following websites:

We always check various sources on a constant basis, since safety is essential to our business, to assure we are up to date on car safety.

Check out Parents Central, a government website designed specifically to educate parents on car safety for infants and children.

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Don't skimp on cheap or old tires that could threaten the safety of your car.

In the U.S., a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation into the 2016 death of Tesla driver Joshua Brown concluded that his over-reliance on Autopilot contributed to his car's collision with a tractor - trailer.

As a result, California's DMV likely has more data than any other state agency on the safety and progress of self - driving cars.

Specifically, the «wallpaper» on a car website featuring green with dollar signs successfully primed price, while red and orange flames primed safety.

An example of this emphasis on patience is self - driving cars, which will take longer than expected to truly come online, due to regulation, safety questions and their many unknowns.

Attackers tried to get in the car but our brave @uber driver maneuvered us to safety, changed the tire on the freeway and got us home.

That Monday's accident was the first fatal incident involving a fully autonomous vehicle indicates that arguments for their safety have merit, but much of that testing has occurred on highways, which are easier for self - driving cars to navigate than dense, urban environments.

Cars are subject to high and low temperatures that have a significant impact on battery performance, and the standard for safety is understandably high.

Tesla shares fell after the National Transportation Safety Board said it sent investigators to look into a fatal car crash last week in California, according to a post on social media.

In October, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, said it was looking for input on how to remove regulatory roadblocks to self - driving cars.

This order, as amended, designated the number, dimensions, location, and manner of application for safety appliances on box cars, hopper cars, gondola cars, tank cars, flat cars, cabooses, and locomotives.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. auto safety regulators said on Thursday they found no evidence of defects in a Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) car involved in the death of a man whose Model S collided with a truck while he was using its Autopilot system.

Those who are thinking to own a Tesla can get trained and tested in one, making them better - adapted with the features and mechanics of the car and thus ensuring their further safety on the roads, â $ Amer said.

The accident involving the Tesla Model S car in China has triggered fresh doubts on the safety of the car's Autopilot system.

For the past week, as the electric - car maker Tesla has been buffeted by a barrage of negative news, Elon Musk, its chief executive, has offered no public comments on the company's shaky finances, its slumping stock price or the increasing questions about the safety of its self - driving technology.

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

«We think the Model 3 will feature hardware and software that provide a level of active safety that could significantly lead all other cars on sale today and could, if the company achieves its goal, be an order of magnitude (i.e. 10x) safer than the average car on the road,» Jonas wrote in a note Thursday.

TEMPE, Ariz. / DETROIT (Reuters)- Arizona officials said on Tuesday they saw no immediate need to tighten rules on the testing of self - driving cars in the state in reaction to a fatal accident involving an Uber autonomous vehicle that has focused attention on the safety of the new technology.

For example: During the week ending March 8, the 43 active cars on the road only drove an average of close to 0.8 miles before the safety driver had to take over for one reason or another.

Some German business groups have begun calling for Europe to use the dispute with the United States to reopen negotiations about a broad trade agreement that would largely eliminate tariffs and reduce regulatory impediments, for example by agreeing on common safety standards for cars.

Cars are driving around our roads at the moment with a safety attendant on board with the car driving itself... We have said by 2021 we want to see on Britain's roads genuine driverless vehicles,» he said.

In the months since these top engineers have left, the 43 self - driving cars Uber had on the roads as of March 8 saw little progress when it came to decreasing the frequency of disengagements — or how many times a safety driver would have to take back control of the system.

Twenty years later, the American car industry collapsed because they produced cars which were death traps and Ralph Nader exposed this and you saw the rise of the German car industry, which was predicated on safety.

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.

And it's no wonder, Edwin Jagger uses the same method in chroming their safety razors as Rolls - Royce uses to chrome their accents on their cars.

What is clear is that the crash - and the safety questions it raises - have contributed to a tough week for Tesla and others who want to make cars that drive themselves ubiquitous on American roads.

Autonomous cars should be required to meet standards on their ability to detect potential hazards, and better ways are needed to keep their human drivers ready to assume control, U.S. auto safety and technology experts said after fatal crashes involving Uber Technologies and Tesla vehicles.

The stop - start nature of the race continued from then on, with a the safety car having to be deployed a couple more times due to the weather.

However, racing - safety experts speaking on the condition of anonymity told SI that putting fenders on Indy cars could create an even greater danger: airborne cars.

The two main title contenders in 2017 are older and more experienced, but both failed to finish on the Azerbaijan GP podium — in part, thanks to the controversial contact behind the safety car.

Most famous for F1's «crashgate», Alonso was helped into P1 by a safety car for his team - mate crashing on purpose.

Add to this the wind tunnel approved, extensive aerodynamic features on the car and we have a pretty stunning vehicle serving as the safety car this season.

And because the length of the circuit means Le Mans needs three separate safety cars, it can have an enormous effect on strategy.

Hamilton, Vettel, and Alonso fought for the win, Romain Grosjean and Sergio Perez ended up on the podium, and the top eight were covered by just 15 seconds in a race with multiple differing strategies and no safety cars.

Although the Mercedes boss appreciates the improved safety, he really doesn't like the way it looks on the car

«Yeah, I think aesthetically it's definitely not the nicest thing we've put on the cars and I think a lot of people agree with that — but we've been pushing to improve cockpit safety, to improve head protection.

He had to contend with two safety cars and a full - course yellow, though, due to numerous on - track incidents, including a collision between Lucas di Grassi and Antonio Felix da Costa.

The 1992 Indy 500 started with huge drama when pole - sitter Roberto Guerrero suddenly spun off and crashed on the second parade lap, while stuck behind the safety car.

At the 2010 season finale in Abu Dhabi Alonso was in prime position to win his third title and a first with Ferrari, however an early safety car turned the race on its head and Sebastian Vettel took a comfortable victory.

From safety cars to red flags, deliberate collisions to great racing, there was an awful lot going on in the 51 laps of the race, but how much of it can you remember?

The luckless Abt was disqualified from his first win in Hong Kong a couple of races ago because some parts of his car had the wrong barcode on, even though it gave him no advantage whatsoever, and yet here's a team which did gain by making a potentially illegal alteration to some safety equipment and effectively got away with it.

1:31 p.m. — The first crash of the race came on Lap 53, when polesitter Scott Dixon was hit by the slowing car of Jay Howard, leading to a huge crash that saw the former car flip through the air, damage the safety fence and bounce off the barrier.

Naturally, with two cars off track on the start / finish straight, the safety car was deployed just a few moments later.

No, because one of the brand - spanking new Porsche Cayennes had the word «Safety Car» misspelled on the side.