Several vehicles today already offer autopilot functionality like hands-free lane-centering capabilities and traffic-sensitive adaptive cruise control. But reliability of the automated driving assistance can degrade depending on weather conditions like snow, heavy rain, and hail. When such conditions are ...
Finally, current research focuses on identifying eco-friendly driving habits which result in reduced fuel consumption and consequently in reduced air pollutants. Eco-driving can be detected through indicators describing vehicle’s and traffic conditions, such as pairs of engine speed and gear as well ...
We have also provided direct links to the page on each state government website where you can access the official driver’s manual, explaining all the traffic laws that drivers need to know. Though change comes slowly, it never hurts to refresh your knowledge. After all, each time you turn...
None of us would accept being “represented” by a lawyer on any other basis. And we’d never tolerate being told by some lawyer that he “represents” us – because some other people “voted” for him. And yet, this is operationally exactly what the people styledour“representatives” do...
Classen S. The impact of roadway intersection design on driving performance of young and senior adults. Traffic Inj Prev 2007; 8: 69-77.Classen, S., Shechtman, O., Stephens, B., Bendixen, R., Sandhu, M., McCarthy, D., & Mann, W. (2006). The impact of roadway intersection ...
Only engVid members can ask questions and comment. SIGN UP FOR FREE– or –LOG IN
For all drives, participants were instructed to comply with traffic laws, follow the GPS directions, and drive and react as they usually would on a real road. No information was given to them about what they will have to deal with while driving. First, participants started with a training ...
The system is being tested on public roads by as many as 400,000 Tesla owners. But the NHTSA said in documents that the system can make unsafe actions such as traveling straight through an intersection from a turn-only lane, going through a yellow traffic light without proper caution ...
Nearly all excluded events were clear examples of intentional departures, such as when drivers made space for oncoming traffic in the adjacent lane or lanes were merging. If intentionality was unclear the cases were excluded. The final data set included 34 unintentional lane departure events, ...
Perception of the lead car's braking was measured on-road when subjects of various levels of driving experience were looking at a digital display located at the lower part of the windscreen, at the speedometer level, or in the mid-console. The brake lights of the lead car were either worki...