Sentences with phrase «slower vehicles hitting»

Not exact matches

The first mainstream plug - in hybrids and fully electric vehicles (EVs) are just now hitting the market, and while initial sales have been slow, the Department of Energy predicts there will be 1.2 million of them on the road by 2015.

Hardest hit will be Newark, Del., where the company said it will close a plant that makes the slow - selling Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen mid-sized sport utility vehicles.

However, it could generate only sluggish acceleration above 40, requiring 10 seconds to hit 60 mph, the slowest vehicle in the compact crossover segment, according to Car and Driver.

During city driving, the car may slow itself to avoid hitting another vehicle or a pedestrian.

And also that in the future a car may be able to automatically avoid a pothole or slow its speed to soften the hit and avoid damage to the vehicle.

The Institute awards points based on how much the systems slow the vehicle to avoid hitting the target or lessen the severity of the impact in the two tests.

These vehicles must stop or slow down without driver intervention before hitting a target in tests at 12 mph, 25 mph or both.

In the event that a driver hits an animal, the driver should slow down, stop the vehicle and check on the animal.

While I accept there was a situation of peril created by the driver of the tractor trailer, the proximate cause of the collision between the defendant's vehicle and that of the plaintiff was the inattention of the defendant by travelling too close to the rear of the plaintiff's vehicle or, alternatively, the condition of the brakes on his vehicle which did not allow him to slow his vehicle in time to avoid hitting the plaintiff's vehicle.

Also, given the usual perception / reaction time to respond to roadway hazards of 1.5 seconds, the slower your vehicle, the less distance your car will travel once you hit the brakes or take evasive action.

The Nissan Rogue driven by the woman was fifth in a line of vehicles that had slowed down for traffic when the truck hit her vehicle.

Elderly pedestrians are also commonly hit by vehicles, as their reaction times are generally slower than those of younger pedestrians.

Well, at those speeds, a lot can happen in that time; you could hit someone's bumper because you didn't see them in time to slow down; you could hit someone getting out of their broken down vehicle on the side of the road; you could miss seeing someone trying to cut you off in passing, and have them hit you.