Showing posts with label driving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label driving. Show all posts

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Teenager solves car blind spots using a webcam and projector | Engadget

As every cyclist knows, the blind spots caused by a car's roof pillars can be extremely dangerous. Although companies are working on various high-tech solutions for this problem, a 14-year-old from Pennsylvania has taken a more low-tech approach to create an ingenious fix for the issue. ..
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/04/teenager-solves-blind-spots/

Thursday, November 7, 2019

AARP's Smart DriverTEK classes: Who they're for, what you'll learn

What’s lane-keeping assist? Do you want it in your next car? Do you need it? Does your SUV have something called FCA, but you’re not sure what that means or how to use it? As new safety and driver assistance systems arrive to do everything from automatically hitting the brakes to avoid a pedestrian to warning about an oncoming truck in your blind spot, questions like that become more common every day.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2019/11/02/aarp-smart-drivertek-class-safety-feature/4105597002/

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Here's what the Toronto van attack suspect has in common with 2014 Isla Vista killer Elliot Rodger - Raw Story

Reports that the suspected Toronto attacker was an "incel" — a portmanteau for "involuntarily celibate," an identifier used as a rallying point for virginal misogynists online — reveal the similarities between this most recent attacker and the man who killed six people in Santa Barbara, California in 2014. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/heres-toronto-van-attack-suspect-common-2014-isla-vista-killer-elliot-rodger/

Sunday, May 7, 2017

The North Carolina House Has Passed a Bill that Protects Drivers Who Hit Protesters

The North Carolina House of Representatives just passed a bill that could protect drivers who hit pedestrians with their vehicles during street demonstrations. State representatives approved legislation April 27 that removes civil liability from drivers if they hit pedestrians who are, "participating in a protest or demonstration." The legislation passed in a 67-48 vote....
http://www.alternet.org/human-rights/new-law-north-carolina-removes-liability-drivers-who-plow-down-protesters


Saturday, April 30, 2016

Meet the Modern Answer to the Breathalyzer: The 'Textalyzer' Can Tell If Your Phone Use Caused an Accident

Studies have found that texting while driving can be even more dangerous, in terms of accident potential and deadly consequences, than either drug or alcohol use. Now there’s a way to find and penalize drivers who ignore texting bans and end up causing collisions....
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/meet-modern-answer-breathalyzer-textalyzer-can-tell-if-your-phone-use-caused









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