Sentences with phrase «wheel controlling the car»

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By the way, if you're driving a late - model car, you're already piloting a computer on wheels that electronically controls braking, steering and other major systems.

This primarily makes the car harder to drive at low speeds and for parallel parking, but does not materially affect control at high speed, where only small steering wheel force is needed.

The $ 136,000 car was tricked out with just about every technological addition on the market today: a rear - view camera (including night vision), electric rear and side shades, satellite radio, active blind spot detection, a steering wheel that rumbles if you change lanes without signalling, a touch - knob - controlled heads - up - display with GPS and a high - end Bang & Olufson sound system complete with dashboard - mounted tweeter.

Poll after poll has shown that while Americans like the idea of self - driving cars, they are less willing to cede control of the steering wheel to a computer program.

Almost everything is controlled with the car's single 15 - inch touchscreen, which accepts inputs from voice commands and the two control knobs on the steering wheel.

Through it, the occupants of the vehicle can leave the driving to the system, though the cars will still have steering wheels on the times when an occupant will choose to take control.

It also appeared that the driver's hands were not hovering above the steering wheel, which is what drivers are instructed to do so they can quickly retake control of the car.

Uber said its self - driving cars, which require a person at the wheel to monitor or control them, did not fall under that strict definition.

When one is driving a car in normal circumstances, one has guidance control; when one sneezes while driving and causes the wheel to jerk to the left, one does not have guidance control.)

Mercedes Daimler has provided F1 «s safety cars since the 1996 season with the C36 AMG, but this year's model boasts a spectrum of advanced Motorsport technology and gadgets, including active rear - wheel steering, a nine - way adjustable traction control system, low - weight ceramic compound brakes, all powered by a 4.0 - litre V8 biturbo engine.

It involves the deliberate loss of rear wheel control, enabling drivers with the right combination of speed, accuracy, fearlessness, and disdain for the longevity of their tires, paint jobs, and mortal souls to send their cars skidding sideways at high speeds, perpendicular to their tires, two or more cars traveling the same course at the same time, not racing, but earning style points.

On Tuesday, his remarkable story continued with his first outing in a race car since the accident, driving a specially - adapted Fun Cup car, which featured steering wheel mounted hand controls.

One of Vettel's excuses for his wheel - banging incident was that he momentarily lost control of the car whilst he was busy waving angrily at Lewis.

It's a great introduction to the world of remote control cars, with an easy - to - use steering wheel remote designed for little hands

Toddlers love being behind the wheel of a car with easy manoeuvrability that lets them be in control, while parents love the durability and charm of the Little Tikes Princess Cozy Coupe Ccar with easy manoeuvrability that lets them be in control, while parents love the durability and charm of the Little Tikes Princess Cozy Coupe CarCar.

An 87 - year - old Orland Park man escaped injury Monday after the car he was driving allegedly surged out of control in the parking lot of the Village Hall, striking a truck and landing with a front wheel on the windshield of an unoccupied car.

This miniature race car features a remote control in the shape of a steering wheel.

For the past four years, Google has been working on self - driving cars with a mechanism to return control of the steering wheel to the driver in case of emergency.

«People watching the slow - motion disaster overtaking Europe don't want an emergency brake on immigration, they want control of the steering wheel so we can avoid the car crash up ahead.»

Similarly, keeping two hands on the steering wheel while driving a car will give you much better control.

The touchpad steering wheel is designed to do away with the plethora of switches and buttons that currently sprout from car steering columns, controlling everything from the radio to the GPS navigation system.

He said all new cars were equipped with technology, called CAN - BUS, located under the steering wheel, allowing anyone to check the health of a vehicle and to control it.

MirrorLink is the connection protocol and allows the driver or passenger to control phone apps via the car's dash and steering wheel controls.

Sand Flea is a four - wheel, five - kilogram dynamo that drives like a remote - control car on flat surfaces but can jump as high as nine meters to overcome obstacles (see video).

This article was originally published with the title «Who's Responsible When a Car Controls the Wheel?»

The tinted distortion free sunglasses with UV protection and stylised thin frames provides an absolute comfort as you wear them while you are behind the steer wheel of a car or control stick of an aircraft.

The controls make you feel as if your car is basically a wooden box on wheels as you fly past all the crap left by the quite frankly stupid AI.

For FS19, I'd like the control scheme to be improved a little, to benefit the players not using some sort of gaming wheel common in car simulators.

The ICM isn't locked behind specific control types and whether you're using the gamepad or wheel, Project CARS 2 has you covered.

The cars react slightly more to the camber changes of the track, particularly with the loading and unloading of axles prompting wheel spin and a lack of control.

I used the Wii remote wheel and had very little control of the car.

Another is put behind the wheel of a remote control car and driven at high speeds through an obstacle course and over a jump.

Using exclusively Kinect controls reduces the gameplay to simply steering your car around the track while you hold an invisible steering wheel.

The game is slated for a release in March 2013 on PC and multiple consoles, including the Wii U. Speculations about Wii U specific features include using the tablet controller as a high - tech steering wheel, like in Formula One, with buttons and car controls toggled via the touchscreen.

Arguably our favorite exercise involved circling the skidpad with no hands on the steering wheel, controlling the trajectory of the rear - drive 86 using only the throttle, a lesson in how power application influences a car's line and a precursor to some serious attempts at drifting — attempts that varied from semi-impressive to hilariously inept and had our entire crew in stitches as we observed each other's runs.

In explaining its rationale for removing the steering wheel, pedals, and other controls from autonomous cars, Google said that humans might cause crashes by attempting to override the car's decisions.

The 900 Turbo was the first car to use knock sensors to control boost (a system Saab called APC), and it's the only car to ever pull off three - spoke wheels.

The sedans had been modified with hydraulically controlled caster wheels at each corner, allowing the instructor, riding shotgun, to reduce grip at one end of the car.

Thanks to the blend of air springs, adaptive dampers and four - wheel steering, the Panamera benefits from astonishing grip, rock solid body control and the sort of agility you'd expect from a car that's almost half the weight.

This handsome steering wheel is very much a typical passenger car design with multiple buttons and controls — not at all what one normally thinks of as «trucklike.»

«For the first time in my life, I was grateful to be in a front - wheel - drive car with stability and traction control,» he recalled.

With 540 hp from a 3.8 - liter twin - turbo V - 6 engine, a six - speed dual - clutch transmission, and an electronically controlled all - wheel drive system, the car defines the word «fast.»

Below this is another screen for controlling the car's driving setup, while the left of the wheel boasts a display for assistance tech.

This car has met all of my needs I went from a Kia Rio to a Kia Soul it's nice and roomy has all the amenities in the base model cruise control, radio controls on the steering wheel and has USB port and also a place to plug in auxiliary plus two 12 volt charging ports.

The typical crossover buyer may not speak in terms of on - center steering feel and load buildup, but all drivers know good steering when they feel it: Goldilocks will get in this car and instantly feel like she's connected with the wheels and in control of her vehicle.

Sensors in the wheels are able to detect wheel slip and control the throttle input to help the car get un-stuck.

This however does not hold true for rear wheel drive vehicles which can have a strong weight transfer (high, soft - suspension cars, as most US vehicles), as the added braking force on the rear wheels without added (weight - transfer caused) friction could cause wheel lockup and possibly loss of control of the vehicle.

Is it possible to add stereo controls to the steering wheel of a car that doesn't have this feature?

The 3.2 FSI Quattro automatic is the priciest, most potent, and most sophisticated version of the new model range at launch — especially when it is fitted, as was our test car, with high - tech options such as Drive Select, dynamic steering, switchable dampers, lane assist (departure warning), side assist (rearview blind spot detection), adaptive cruise control, adaptive headlights (swiveling xenons), and eighteen - inch wheels shod with 245 / 40 YR -18 Michelin Pilot Sport tires.

And Google argued it could not meet requirements for stability - control software to measure steering - wheel input if the car doesn't even have a steering wheel.