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Consider a car that includes safety features which could help avoid or mitigate a crash. Jacob Smith is a transportation safety program manager at the National Safety Council. Back-up cameras, blind spot monitoring, and cruise control, oh my! With the evolution of automated safety technologies in today’s vehicles and the prospect of futuristic, fully autonomous […]
Vehicle safety features can help protect teen drivers Here’s a fact that should cause outrage: Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teenagers. These young men and women never get to reach their prime. They never get to buy a house, raise a family or build a career. Instead, they are killed right as […]
Where we are right now in automation… vs. the future Self-driving Cars and the Future of Transportation. WILL I EVER OWN A FULLY AUTOMATED VEHICLE? The leap to owning a fully automated vehicle will not be like the leap from horse and buggies to “tin lizzies.” Many estimates predict that we will see fully automated […]
Safety Benefits How will automation protect vehicle occupants? ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS The ultimate safety benefit of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) is simple: Lives will be saved, injuries will be prevented and lessened, and crashes will be reduced. As many as 40,000 people died on U.S. roadways in 2016 alone, according to preliminary data […]
Points to Ponder Safety technologies exist, but attentive drivers still necessary ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS In advanced driver assistance systems, or ADAS, the key word is “assistance.” Many ADAS technologies are here right now, and they exist in everyday, affordable cars on the market. However, it is important to remember that today’s technologies are assistive […]
Timeline Vehicle safety technology: Through the years Download a PDF of the Safety Features Timeline Download a PDF of the Safety Features Timeline Content Source: MyCarDoesWhat.org
Test Cities Test cities for automated vehicles… coming to a town near you? AUTOS REVOLUTION “IT SEEMS AN AUTOS REVOLUTION IS UPON US.” —Consumer Reports April 2017 From Arizona to Massachusetts, the move toward fully automated vehicles is picking up speed. Since 2012, no fewer than 41 states and the District of Columbia have considered […]
Obstacles and opportunities on the road ahead Self-Driving Cars and the Future of Transportation ENGINEERING ISSUES First came the concept: A vehicle that could drive itself without any human interaction. Then came the legwork: How would it function? Where would designers place its cameras and sensors? Who would write the code enabling these vehicles to […]
Fully Automated Cars… How Close Are We? A reality check and the automated vehicles that are already on the road. JUST AROUND THE CORNER A quick survey of television and online news – CNN, CBS, FOX, The New York Times and others – allude to the promise that fully automated cars are just around the […]
Sideview Camera Shows you an expanded view of a lane beside you when you use your turn signal, or when you activate the feature manually. This feature shares similar uses to blind spot monitors. Quick Guide 1. Activate Turn this feature on by using the turn signal or pressing a button on the turn signal […]
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