I think that 23% of the time is perhaps where it is seen as the top reason - but is perhaps still in there on other occasions - without seeing the full facts it is difficult to know...
Alasdair
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- Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:02 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Pedestrians - victim or cause?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 24843
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:01 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Autonomous cars "will have accidents"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6676
Re: Autonomous cars "will have accidents"
very interesting article... this bit caught my eye: Natasha Merat, of the University of Leeds, in England, added that Google Cars, for the sake of safety, will stop when they detect any obstacle, whether it’s a jaywalker, a crookedly parked car at the curb, even a cardboard box on the road. And it w...
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:26 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Pedestrians - victim or cause?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 24843
Pedestrians - victim or cause?
http://eurekar.co.uk/articles/2015-10-07/watch-out---pedestrians-about IAM requested figures on causes of accidents (police can note up to 6 from 77 possible factors), to find that in 18,000 pedestrian injuries involving a car, in 23% of cases pedestrian issues were top of the list (failed to look /...
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:20 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: Americans confused by safety technology?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18676
Americans confused by safety technology?
http://triblive.com/business/headlines/9220162-74/safety-drivers-features#axzz3nuYuoNqi WASHINGTON — Many Americans buying new cars these days are baffled by a torrent of new safety technology. ... A study by the foundation of early safety technology adopters found that some drivers believed collisi...
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:56 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: And it's hello from him
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3681
Re: And it's hello from him
welcome - do share your experience / what you hope to learn etc.
Alasdair
Alasdair
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:52 pm
- Forum: This Website
- Topic: Video, Youtube etc
- Replies: 10
- Views: 20568
Re: Video, Youtube etc
you are on a roll here!
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:20 am
- Forum: This Website
- Topic: Split from: The most difficult aspect of Advanced Driving - forums
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14738
Re: The most difficult aspect of Advanced Driving
I would argue that it is the endless going over the same old ground, answering the same old questions and listening to the same old arguments that made ADUK so dull. Two thought have I ... how would you ensure the same doesn't happen here, (seems likely given the same people are involved), and pres...
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:07 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Best driving roads - based on Maths
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13444
Re: Best driving roads - based on Maths
As far as their calculation goes, I think they're doing fine up until they declare that you should want to spend 10s going straight for every second turning... I'd much rather see a metric that took into account how much variation there was. I think that you are right - this fails at a theoretical ...
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:01 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Best driving roads - based on Maths
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13444
Best driving roads - based on Maths
Avis earlier this year worked with a quantum physicist, an F1 track designer and a roller coaster designer to build a formulaic approach to defining the best driving roads: http://www.avisbestroad.com/uk/ coming up with this formula http://www.avisbestroad.com/img/skin/science-h1.png apparently ther...
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:52 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Good Evening
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4350
Re: Good Evening
Welcome Brian,
always up for a drive - but might need to know where you are located?!
Alasdair
always up for a drive - but might need to know where you are located?!
Alasdair