Sentences with phrase «slowed car traffic»

They designed streets that slowed car traffic and incorporated bike lanes.

Not exact matches

Not only is the Model S able to track the angle in which neighboring vehicles are traveling, it's also able to simultaneously track individual actions of five cars — up to six cars in slow moving traffic conditions — as they maneuver between lanes.

ROME (AP)-- A tour bus filled with Italian pilgrims plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy on Sunday night and smashed into several cars that had slowed in heavy traffic, killing at least 36 people, said police and rescuers.

During the races they have to deal with traffic from the slower GT300 class, which features GT3 cars and Japan's own JAF - GT category.

New Yorkers are experiencing record levels of subway delays, dangerously overcrowded platforms and cars, and worst - ever traffic jams that are slowing our buses to a crawl, causing riders to flee by the thousands.

Many of the single - family, car - owning homeowners resent Mr. de Blasio's desire to build cheap, dense housing throughout the city and slow down vehicular traffic.

Those who find themselves stuck in toll booth - induced traffic on the Henry Hudson Bridge can look forward to a speedier commute: The M.T.A. is formulating a plan to speed up traffic and reduce car emissions by creating more efficient E-ZPass tolls (no more slowing to a halt, then passing).

In dense traffic, cell phone users were about 20 percent slower to respond to sudden hazards than other drivers, and they were about twice as likely to rear - end a braking car in front of them.

As I passed the slower cars and tried to beat the traffic lights, it struck me: I was trying to outrun a radio beam, heading Earthward at the speed of light.

If Company Man were a wreck on the interstate, it would involve multiple cars and at least one jackknifed tanker truck, and traffic would be backed up for miles as passing motorists slow to gawk.

It's the extra confidence you get when you lift off in traffic and the gears tug against the driving wheels and assists you in slowing the car effectively.

The clutches grate and whine as I slow for a light because the Nürburgring doesn't care much for how cars perform in stop - and - go traffic.

Depending on trim, you can get blind spot monitoring with rear cross traffic alert, an electric parking brake, an around view camera system, and a sonar system that detects objects approaching from the front and behind in low speed situations and works with a rear cross traffic braking system to alert the driver and can slow the car if necessary.

It's not because the car is underpowered, or was frustratingly slow and I struggled to merge into the typically 75 mph - plus Michigan highway traffic.

I'd noted from the window sticker that my test car was equipped with optional radar - guided adaptive cruise control (part of the $ 1,100 Safety package) and was curious how the system would deal with the manual transmission when traffic ahead forced the car to slow down.

It's a delightfully tactile, communicative sports car that's easy to drive in slow - moving traffic but comes vividly alive when wanted.

Beware of your surroundings as you slow down behind other cars in the traffic and make sure to leave room for an escape should you need it.

With little interruption from slower traffic, the complexities of this road - like circuit emphasise the need for a tidy approach, keeping the car nicely balanced with no sudden, spiky, unsettling inputs.

An officer noticed a long line of vehicles in congested traffic behind a slow - moving vehicle, and following investigation, pulled the offending Google car over to a nearby lot.

The engine is merely adequate but not terribly disappointing for a car in this class, and it helps the Lancer become one of those «slow cars» that's fun to drive fast without encouraging its driver to egregiously break any traffic laws.

A bad water pump will overheat an engine really quickly because there is insufficient coolant flow, a broken cooling fan usually only becomes a problem when a car is stationary or in slow traffic.

It's Friday at rush hour and traffic is thick and slow on L.A.'s I - 605, but there are small crevices between cars and trucks the 13 - foot - long Alfa can squeeze into.

Consider: Once, while cruising in fourth gear in this M2, we saw a chance to pass slower traffic on the two - lane PCH and opted not to downshift — the car got from just under 60 mph to triple - digit speeds so quickly we worried about those «speed limits enforced by radar» signs, but the M2 completed the pass in about half the expected distance.

Personally, although my car is not the same as yours, fwiw I usually start in 2nd, using 1st only for trickier situations e.g. uphill or in slow moving traffic.

The only other traffic consists of slightly slower cars that move immediately to the right when I flash my headlights.

Higher speeds you feel it in the Model S so you back off and the re-gen slows you down quickly ready for the next blast... M5, 3 seconds of Raw fun, stupids speeds arrive and then 20 seconds of coasting and nail biting before you slow down back to legal speeds... 3 seconds of fun and 20 seconds of fear... too quick and without re-gen you are just standing on those very expensive disks and pads... Honestly in todays traffic Model S far better and if you must, buy a lotus for the weekend B road blast... Also with all the sound insulation in the M5 you can't hear the engine until silly speeds... so again Model S.... My friend said don't you miss the V8 noise and my other friend sat in the car said its a bit like missing the clip clop of your horse at the advent of the Model T...

Super Cruise would allow the car to center itself in the lane, speed up or slow down based on traffic, and even come to a full stop on its own.

On the driver assistance side Traffic Jam Assist, only available on cars with DSG, is a semi-autonomous function that accelerates, brakes and steers the car in slow moving tTraffic Jam Assist, only available on cars with DSG, is a semi-autonomous function that accelerates, brakes and steers the car in slow moving traffictraffic.

It's available with a number of safety features including traffic jam assist, which can autonomously drive the car at speeds up to 40 MPH in slow moving traffic.

New for this year, the system will slow the car to a complete stop, enabling use in stop - and - go traffic.

If you set your speed, and suddenly traffic slows, then traditional cruise control requires braking to disengage and avoid rear - ending another car.

Adaptive cruise control automatically slows down your car and then brings it back up to speed when traffic gets moving.

It's a fun track to drive but when you get into a race situation with traffic, it can be frustrating and stressful if you're stuck behind a slower GT car or trying to hold off a prototype in certain sections.

The car is set to 75mph, but slower traffic made the adaptive cruise control bring the speed down to 60mph.

This allows the car to speed up and slow down automatically in a traffic jam situation, up to speeds of 65 km / h, so long as the driver is monitoring it, of course.

Comprised of various sensors and cameras, it incorporates adaptive (radar) cruise control to brake and accelerate the car automatically and now features a gridlock mode that can stop the car completely then take off again in slow moving traffic.

It's perfect for slow traffic situations, but if the lead car stops, the driver has to push «reset» to get the Maxima back to follow mode.

I have no problem passing slower traffic since the engine has more get up and go than my old car.

This one was equipped with adaptive cruise control, which matches the speed of slower traffic up ahead and can bring the car to a full stop if needed.

This system, off by default, automatically brought the Q70 L to a stop about half a car length behind stopped traffic in slow, city driving conditions.

The Adaptive Cruise Control system uses a radar system to know if traffic in front of you is slowing down and automatic adjusts your speed to stay at a safe distance behind the cars in front of you.

It maintains a pre-set speed like all cruise control systems do, but it automatically adjusts the car's speed if it detects slower traffic ahead.

Our test car could dart away from stoplights and shoot past slower traffic with ease.

When the car is passing slower traffic, the transmission slips easily into third gear, where the V - 6 is powerful enough to muscle the 3,576 - pound car out of sticky situations.

Also on tap is adaptive cruise control, which uses radar to match speeds with slower traffic and can bring the car to a complete stop.

The car bucked with each gear change when we were stuck in very slow moving traffic.

In the most aggressive setting the EV is almost a «one - pedal» car — simply stepping off the accelerator slows the car enough in most traffic situations.

Don't expect four - wheel drum brakes to safely slow you down in an emergency braking situation when surrounded in traffic at high speed by today's cars.

You're constantly dicing in and out of slower traffic while having to look behind you for faster cars.

Speaking of absent - minded, one more convenient safety feature is the available Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop and Go technology that can slow the vehicle down while on cruise control if approaching another vehicle quickly and can even bring the car to a stop, or try to, if that other car isn't moving, such as an abrupt traffic jam while on the highway.