Sentences with phrase «than passenger cars»

Although any vehicle can roll over in the right circumstances, vehicles that are taller have a higher center of gravity, which makes them more likely than a passenger car to roll.

Commercial trucks are larger than passenger cars, sometimes as much as 30 times as big.

And each of these trucks creates thousands of times more damage to roads and bridges than a passenger car.

With greater mass and built - in inertia than passenger cars, trucks present a greater challenge for autonomous driving.

I like that it sits up higher than a passenger car.

Nice thing is they're more useful than a passenger car too.

It is not automatic because your insurance company may not insure vehicles other than passenger cars and trucks, but it is definitely something to look into.

In 2007, motorcyclists were about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in motor vehicle accidents, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Mitsubishi has decided SUVs are the way forward rather than passenger cars.

Automakers realized they could increase their profit margins by driving consumers to trucks, which then as now were subject to less stringent requirements than passenger cars.

That's the primary reason that in 2016, based on vehicle miles travelled, motorcyclist fatalities occurred nearly 28 times more frequently than passenger car occupant fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes.

A contributing factor is that larger vehicles (SUVs, pickups, and minivans), which have become increasingly popular, have larger blind zones than passenger cars.

There are many systems and innovations that have been adopted accross the CV industry earlier than in automotive — Adaptive Cruise Control, Predictive Cruise Control, lane departure warning are probably more widespread in CVs than passenger cars.

Aside from largely ignoring the issue of electrification of trucks, which is happening far more slowly than passenger cars, Hulot's plans also appear to disregard second and third - order effects if the 2040 ban on gasoline and diesel - engined cars proceeds as planned.

This is particularly true for commercial truckers whose vehicles are up to 30 times heavier than passenger cars.

Semi trucks tend to travel more miles every year than a passenger car because semi trucks are used for commercial purposes.

Determining fault for a bus wreck is difficult because these vehicles generally have more people involved in their maintenance and use than passenger cars and motorcycles do.

Per vehicle mile traveled in 2010, motorcyclists were about 30 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a motor vehicle traffic crash and 5 times more likely to be injured.

In fact, motorcyclists are nearly 34 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a traffic crash and 8 times more likely to suffer injury.

Chrysler chose the Durango and Ram for its hybrid projects, rather than passenger cars, because «there is more room to package components, and they burn more fuel to begin with,» Oswald said.

Both motorcycles and scooters run under intense conditions, including hotter temperatures, higher engine speed and greater power density (power per unit displacement) than passenger cars, subjecting the lubricant to significant operating stress.

Tractor - trailers, 18 - wheelers, and other trucks weigh far more than a passenger car, so the impact of a crash is massive.

In 2013, motorcyclists were about 26 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a crash per vehicle mile traveled and five times more likely to be injured.

Commercial trucks are heavier and larger than passenger cars, vans and SUVs, which means they typically cause more serious injuries to accident victims such as:

In 2007, per vehicle mile traveled, motorcyclists were about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a traffic crash, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

And because 18 - wheelers and other industrial trucks are so much larger than passenger cars, it's almost always the occupants of the smaller vehicle that come out with the worst of the wounds.

Motorcyclist fatalities account for 14 % of total crash fatalities, and per vehicle mile traveled, bikers are about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a crash and 9 times more likely to be injured.