As we begin the new year it is best to review the mistakes we made in the past year so as not to stumble over the same stone twice. Below is a video compilation on the "Bad Drivers of 2013"; watch it, laugh at it, make sure not to make the same horrible blunders!
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Monday, January 6, 2014
Worst Drivers of 2013 Video Compilation
As we begin the new year it is best to review the mistakes we made in the past year so as not to stumble over the same stone twice. Below is a video compilation on the "Bad Drivers of 2013"; watch it, laugh at it, make sure not to make the same horrible blunders!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
New Houston Ordinance to Protect Vulnerable Road Users
Are you a Houston City bicyclist? This news may interest you: Just this past week Mayor Annise Parker and the Houston City Council approved an ordinance to protect Houston's cyclists and other vulnerable road users by requiring cars and other motor vehicles to keep a separation of more than three feet while passing, and trucks or commercial vehicles to keep a separation of more than six feet. The ordinance is effective immediately.
Vulnerable road users are defined as a walkers or runners; the physically disabled, such as someone in a wheelchair; a stranded motorist or passengers; highway construction, utility or maintenance workers; tow truck operators; cyclists; moped, motor-driven cycle and scooter drivers; or horseback riders.
In addition to requiring safe passing and trailing distances from vulnerable road users, this ordinance prohibits any motor vehicle occupant from throwing or projecting any object or substance at or against them.
BikeHouston, several state and local leaders and other groups advocated and/or voiced support for this ordinance, including: Senator Rodney Ellis, BikeTexas, AARP, Better Houston, Bikin' Babes, Citizen Transportation Coalition, Houston Access to Urban Sustainability Project, Houston Tomorrow, Northwest Cycling Club and Richmond Rail.
Similar ordinances have already been enacted by Austin, Fort Worth and San Antonio.
The Safe Passing ordinance is another initiative, led and/or supported by Mayor Parker, to encourage more cycling in Houston. Others include the launch of Houston Bike Share last month, closing gaps in Houston's bike trail system; the voter-approved Bayou Greenways initiative; and approval of HB200, which will allow Houston's utility easements to be used for hike and bike trails.
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Driving with the Black Box
The National Highway Traffic Safety Board is proposing that
the event data recorder be mandatorily installed during the manufacturing of
all new vehicles beginning on September 1, 2014. Also known as the Black Box,
it is said to have the capability of improving safety technology because it
will be able to detect design problems and safety hazards within any vehicle.
Although
it may be improving safety on U.S. Roadways some are raising the question that
it may be crossing privacy barriers. The Black Box can detect all of the
following; speed, brake pedal position, location of vehicle, if the passengers
are wearing a seatbelt, and if air bags were deployed during a crash.
Insurance
companies, lawyers, and police departments seem to be in the highest benefits
of this new device. Insurance companies will be able to increase or lower your
rates depending on the data provided to them by the device. Lawyers will be
able to provide more significant data in wreck-less driving or DWI cases, and
policemen will be able to quickly note the speed a vehicle was going before
being involved in a crash. The Center for Auto Safety seems to provide
sufficient information that the data recorders will in fact be benefiting more
than anything. In all, the new device is going to approve the safety of most
drivers on the roadway.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Driverless Technology from Google Inc.
With breakthrough technology from
Google Inc., you may soon be able to sit back, relax, and take a nap in the
driver seat of a moving vehicle. With the collaboration of 15 engineers, Google
has developed the driver-less car technology. Operating much like the cruise
control mode installed in many cars today, the driver-less system allows human
drivers to take control of the car if they wish to do so. Although, that is
unnecessary, because the creation is organized by elaborate maps that include
the details of speed limits down to the slight curvature of the lane lines in
the roadway.
Unfortunately, most law makers are
finding it difficult to digest this new innovation. The laws seem to be
inadequate in the sense that they were initially structured with the notion that
humans would be operating the vehicles. However, Nevada seems to be in favor of
the technology. According to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, they have
promptly accommodated the new machinery by passing a law on June, 29 2011 that
permits the operation of driver-less cars, and even issued the first license for
a self-driven car.
The self-driving car may perhaps
cause a revolution in terms of driving. Concerns of designating a sober driver
on a night out could easily vanish if a vehicle has the capability to reliably
drive your group home without a worry of harm. It certainly raises questions
for many folks in terms of receiving moving violations as well. How will we
hold a vehicle at fault in the event of an accident? Much more, determine if
the human or contraption was in control? Clearly there is much work to be done
in order to iron out these trepidation's, but it is surely an exciting prospect
of future normality.
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Invisible Steering Wheel
Astoundingly, the new cutting-edge technology for automobile
safety happens to abandon the need for a steering wheel. Japanese automaker,
Nissan, created new features that are designed to prevent collisions as opposed
to typical safety features that accommodate safety during a collision. With
this new technology in hand, Nissan executives plan to eliminate deaths and
severe injuries involving Nissan vehicles by the year 2015. Taking a defensive driving course, online, with comedy can also help eliminate the risk accident and injury on the roadway.
The ‘camera and processing module’, mounted on the rear-view
mirror, detects the condition and direction of the roadway ahead then
communicates the data to the ‘steering angle actuator’ resulting in the
superlative driving performance. The vehicle nearly drives itself.
The “autonomous emergency steering” feature intends to
maneuver the vehicle to the left or right in order to avoid an accident when
the breaks are not capable to stop the vehicle in time. The technology is also
able to accurately detect and avoid unexpected debris and/or pedestrians.
When parking, Nissan also added a feature to distinguish if
the driver mistakenly presses the accelerator instead of the brake.
Nissan said that the ‘digital drive’ car will be the first
of its kind to be produced commercially, and they plan to initially install the
technology in the 2014 Infiniti G37S model.
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