Advanced Driving Hub

Bodes well for more pseudo-autonomous stuff coming on line that isn't ready for mass deployment :soap: :hit: A barrier is to be installed at the top of a notorious street in Edinburgh after sat-nav errors repeatedly directed drivers down a set of steps. Ironically, if the full capabilities of Conne...

Taken:
Trackways to Motorways
CRASH

No haptic feedback either.

I'm clearing out my book collection, retaining just a few. Here's those that have to go: https://the-ride-info-new.blogspot.com/2024/01/books.html?m=1 The deal is, they're free :) PM me your request(s) and name & address. But ... the fee is a donation, to cover P&P and a reasonable amount pe...

The Wiki page is interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbag The airbag specifically for automobile use is credited independently to the American John W. Hetrick, who filed for an airbag patent on 5 August 1952. ... In the early 1970s, General Motors began offering cars equipped with airbags...

vanman wrote:we only got airbags cos. the yanks wouldn't use seatbelts.

Although that hardly applies to side curtain, door panel, seat, and knee-height airbags.

Also, IIRC, because of better seatbelt compliance, isn't it the case that European airbags are (or were) smaller than those in US vehicles?

Jan 23, 2024 NHTSA TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION STANDARD TO SAVE LIVES The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has taken the first step toward making impaired-driving prevention technology standard in new passenger vehicles. The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...

Weirdly, research with the systems found that under certain circumstances where you would expect an expression of 'shock' or 'fear' there was actually a facial expression that might be interpreted as 'amusement'. Presumably identifying the 'WTactualF?' moment, a hitherto undocumented element of Surp...

I don't think the technology is that bright. It's just going to tell you to put your phone down/stop fiddling with the touchscreen and look out the windscreen. You're probably right about what will be fitted to production vehicles. Potential capabilities are actually far beyond that, including thin...

Autopilot, or just fancy ADAS misnamed and inappropriately marketed promoted. Tesla recalls two million cars over Autopilot defect. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67693935 Tesla and NHTSA have cut a deal in the multi-year Autopilot investigation, leading to a recall outcome. Tesla will stren...