Sentences with phrase «test drivers taking»

The trailer mixed outstanding sound editing with a movie - like video featuring two VW test drivers taking the cars out for a spin out on a G - simulator and later on, out on a real track, all the while emphasizing the amount of G - Force the two cars can reach while setting blistering lap after blistering lap on the circuit.

For now, Google will equip them with removable steering wheels, accelerator pedals, and brake pedals so that test drivers take over the driving if necessary (and to comply with California regulations).

In the video, a test driver takes the helm of the One: 1, and points it dead center down the runway.

Not exact matches

During this test phase, a driver remains in the vehicle, ready to take control should something go wrong.

As a result, Krafcik says Waymo's test drivers now take control of the vehicle and disengage the autonomous - drive system approximately once every five thousand miles driven.

It's testing a service that allows Lyft passengers to push a button to have their driver take them to a Taco Bell drive - thru between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m.

When used on public streets in California, employees must attach steering wheels, accelerator pedals, and brake pedals so that test drivers can take over if necessary (and to comply with state regulations).

The two - seater vehicles that are tested on public roads are equipped with removable steering wheels, accelerator pedals, and brake pedals so test drivers can take over driving if necessary.

In 2015, the company's test drivers disengaged — a jargon term that means they had to take manual control of the vehicle because the software failed or for safety reasons — at a rate of 0.8 times per 1,000 miles in California.

Jay Leno and racecar driver Jessi Combs take Chiron onto the open road for a test drive.

Waymo may be thinking along similar lines: It recently took a big step in that general direction, announcing that some of its test vehicles operating in Arizona will soon begin testing without a human driver standing by at the wheel.

But we are just taking a test drive on this January night, and all the drivers shuttling passengers to the Uber party this evening are being paid hourly by Uber to try out the app.

A disengagement is when the human driver testing the car has to take over from the automated system or when the system itself simply fails.

Two types of testing will be reviewed for public roads: fully autonomous cars without a driver, and those with a qualified driver who could take control at any time, similar to laws in the US where driverless cars have been tested on public roads since 2011 in some states.

The notification says that companies applying for public road tests should have already tested the cars in closed roads and areas, and that a driver with at least three years of experience should always be in the driving seat and ready to take over if necessary.

Waymo, formerly the self - driving car project of Google, said that in tests on roads in California last year, its cars went an average of nearly 5,600 miles before the driver had to take control from the computer to steer out of trouble.

Contrary to demonstrating the outright dangers of texting while driving, it told young drivers in the video who were taking their driving test to text as they drive in order to pass the test.

The morning I was scheduled to take the driver's test, my pal Butch, who drives an Audi TT, offered to accompany me, as a «licensed driver», to the Ohio State Motor Vehicle Bureau.

I took my drivers test....

«I think when you are looking and trying to compare drivers, within one team during a test session, while you don't actually know yourself the programme that the engineers are running and if you don't take into account the weather conditions right there and then when they are doing their [fastest] lap, I think it's very difficult to sit there and to say: «Have Williams potentially made the wrong decision because the reserve driver has set the fastest lap?»

He's no stranger to F1 machinery - he drove in four practice sessions for Haas last year, and this year took over testing duties for Ferrari in Hungary - after all, he is part of the Ferrari Driver Academy!

Other rookie drivers Pipo Derani, Gustavo Menezes and Paul - Loup Chatin will take part in the test for leading LMP1 manufacturers Audi, Porsche and Toyota respectively.

Spanish driver Fernando Alonso will make his first start at the hallowed track in 2017, taking a break from his Formula One schedule to test his mettle on the mostly - American circuit.

The drivers set to test for the team are Jaden Conwright and Rasmus Lindh, as each will take part in the eight on - track sessions over the two - day period.

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. — With the 2018 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda kicking off in March, BENIK confirms two drivers for the Chris Griffis Memorial Test taking place this weekend, October 21 - 22nd, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS).

Ferrari reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi took over the Sauber C36 during that first test but Wehrlein has now passed medical checks and will get to drive the car in the second Barcelona test, which starts on Tuesday the 7th of March.

Button was absent from the Bahrain test, with McLaren test driver Oliver Turvey taking his place

2016 GP2 runner - up and Ferrari reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi will therefore take over Wehrlein's driving duties alongside Marcus Ericsson for the first test, with both drivers set to do two days each.

Sauber have taken on female drivers in the past — Swiss driver Simona de Silvestro tested for the team in 2014 before splitting with them over a contract dispute.

Of the 17 races on the 2018 calendar, six take place on ovals, six on road course, and five on street courses, making IndyCar perhaps the truest test of driver abilities of any championship in the world.

Alonso's first IndyCar test takes place today (Wednesday 3 May), with the plan being for the F1 driver to complete his rookie orientation programme.

On Tuesday she was to take the road test in her quest to earn a driver's license, and she confessed to being more nervous about having to parallel park for an instructor than about playing golf in front of thousands of fans.

The driver line - up for the second and final F1 in - season test, which takes places after the Hungarian Grand Prix, is shaping up very nicely indeed.

He'll take on driving duties for Sauber on day two of the test, with fellow F2 driver Gustav Mallya getting behind the wheel on day one.

If Sauber does continue with the plan to run Honda engines next year then running one of its drivers could be part of that deal, and although Matsushita doesn't yet have enough points for a superlicence, getting him to take part in the test could be the first sign that Sauber - Honda is going to be a thing after all.

Development driver Nikita Mazepin, who took part in the post-British GP test with the team last year, will share the driving duties with Auer.

And while it is not yet known where Norris will race next season, he will again be doing double duty as he takes on the role of McLaren's official test and reserve driver.

If it helps put it in perspective, think of all the new and scary times you've had where you were equipped with the coping skills of an adolescent or adult — a new job, a new relationship, learning a new language, giving a speech, taking a driver's test.

Eliminating the safety provision that drivers take eye tests to renew their licenses was not one of them.

The requirement that NYC taxi drivers take an English proficiency exam has been eliminated, with the test for a taxi license now available in several languages after a push by the City Council to remove a barrier for would - be drivers.

Police and prosecutors have closed a loophole which allowed drunk drivers to refuse a breath test in the hopes to sobering up before a blood test could be taken.

«If you were a truck driver in the military, the military down at the DMV, so that you don't have to take this tests, they're waiving those CDL fees and things like that.

My German driver's license was not valid in Texas, and I had to acquire a Texas license, which is very easy (I took a driving test that lasted for approximately 10 minutes).

Research has shown that drinking caffeinated beverages and listening to music are two popular fatigue - fighting measures that drivers take, but very few studies have tested the usefulness of those measures.

The whole point of all my lessons and practice was to get me ready to take the driving test that I would have to pass before the State of Michigan would give me a driver's license.

For the boys, playing the part of the daughter's boyfriend, a racecar driver (of course), Bay will evidently be testing Luke Grimes who had a role in «Taken 2» plus appeared on the ABC drama series «Brothers & Sisters» among other roles, «Weeds» actor Hunter Parrish, Jack Reynor («What Richard Did») and Aussie actor Brenton Thwaites (who starred in the 2012 TV remake of the «Blue Lagoon» titled, «Blue Lagoon: The Awakening» — lol).

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His wife, Joan (Brenda Blethyn), decides the time has come at last to take the test and become a bus driver.

Quaritch and Augustine quietly tussle for the loyalty of new avatar driver Jake Scully (Sam Worthington of Terminator Salvation), a paraplegic who's understandably eager to take his avatar's legs for a test run.

In the UK, drivers passing their car driving tests also gain an entitlement to drive a minibus — a situation at odds with the rest of the EU, where drivers have to take an additional test to gain a Passenger Carrying Vehicle (PCV) entitlement.