How automated vehicles can impede driver performance, and what to do about it
As cars keep getting smarter, automation is taking many tricky tasks —from parallel parking to backing up —out of drivers' hands.
Dec 1, 2020
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Automotive
Motorcycle taxi ban brings Lagos to a halt
Even before a sudden controversial ban on motorcycle taxis and tricycles in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, crippling traffic jams were a daily ordeal for its more than 20 million inhabitants.
Feb 9, 2020
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Who's liable in a 'self-driving' car crash?
Police officers can often identify which driver is responsible for a traffic accident.
Apr 11, 2023
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Preventing truck crashes: A dashcam-based approach for detecting 'microsleep' behavior
Truck drivers unintentionally taking 'microsleeps' of a few seconds can cause terrible traffic accidents, but efforts and technologies aiming to prevent the problem have focused mainly on monitoring driver eye activity while ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Statistical model predicts odds of death, tying behavior, other variables to car accidents
A predictability model built by an SMU research team can calculate the odds that certain variables—such as drunk driving or speeding 20 miles above the limit—will result in a severe car accident.
Apr 21, 2021
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Electric motorcycles flood Havana amid diesel shortages
The young people come and go on their electric motorcycles at this highway outside Cuba's capital where they perform stunts and talk about their two-wheelers, which would be largely silent if it weren't for the music blasting ...
Jul 19, 2022
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GM's Cruise to operate all-electric driverless cars in Dubai
Dubai said Monday that U.S. self-driving car company Cruise will become the first to operate autonomous taxis and ride-hailing services in the United Arab Emirates city of more than three million people.
Apr 12, 2021
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California COVID-19 traffic report finds silver lining
Traffic accidents and crash-related injuries and deaths were reduced by half during the first three weeks of California's shelter-in-place order, which began March 20. The reductions save the state an estimated $40 million ...
Apr 17, 2020
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Using transfer learning and model fusion method to detect distracted drivers
The World Health Organization (WHO), reports that well over 135 million people die worldwide in road traffic accidents each year and that the main cause of most accidents is driver distraction. Distractions such as using ...
May 8, 2023
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Smart cruise control steers drivers toward better decisions
Vehicle manufacturers offer smart features such as lane and braking assist to aid drivers in hazardous situations when human reflexes may not be fast enough. But most options only provide immediate benefits to a single vehicle.
Sep 29, 2020
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