News tagged with car accidents
Accident app to reduce motorist stress and combat insurance fraud
A new smartphone app that will help to guide stressed motorists through the trauma of a car accident, while potentially saving millions of pounds in fraudulent insurance claims has been recognised for its ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Associating your car with your identity can lead to aggressive driving
A new study by a Temple University Fox School of Business professor finds those who view their car as an extension of themselves have stronger aggressive driving tendencies.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Minority children less likely to wear a car seatbelt, putting them at greater risk of severe injury
Less than half of pediatric car passengers suffering injuries from motor vehicle crashes were restrained, with the lowest rates among blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans, according to a research abstract presented Saturday, ...
Oct 15, 2011 |
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Volkswagen demonstrates “Temporary Auto Pilot” (w/ Video)
Volkswagen, the German car manufacturer who has stated its goal of becoming the largest car maker in the world, has demoed a new addition to the growing list of driver assisted automobile test features from a variety of car ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Put the brakes on using your brain power
German researchers have used drivers' brain signals, for the first time, to assist in braking, providing much quicker reaction times and a potential solution to the thousands of car accidents that are caused by human error.
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Accident protection in the windshield
Driver-assistance systems help prevent accidents. Quite simply, the more a car knows about its surroundings, the more intelligently it can respond to them. Researchers have now developed an optical sensor ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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ICT and automotive: New app reduces motorway pile-ups by 40 percent
What do you do if you're driving down the motorway and 500 meters ahead of you there is an accident? Now there is an app that tells your car to stop. It does it in half the time of any of the applications, and in contrast ...
Jul 11, 2011 |
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'Smart cars' that are actually, well, smart
Since 2000, there have been 110 million car accidents in the United States, more than 443,000 of which have been fatal — an average of 110 fatalities per day. These statistics make traffic accidents one ...
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Pedestrians injured by the windshield frame in car crashes
Pedestrian disability and fatality as a consequence of car crashes is a large global health problem. A new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet now shows that upper-body collision with the car's lower windscreen is ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Cellbond creates a pedestrian-friendly car bonnet designed to reduce head injury
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cellbond, a division of Encocam Ltd that specializes in impact absorption technology, have teamed up with researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in order to develop and test a new pedestrian-friendly ...
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Honda to install brake override systems on all models
Honda Motor said Thursday it is installing brake override safety systems in all of its same-name and Acura-brand vehicles in the future to improve car safety in the wake of recent recalls.
May 27, 2010 |
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Researchers Study Excessive Worrying by Adolescents
(PhysOrg.com) -- A pilot research project at the University of Cincinnati is investigating excessive worrying which interferes with daily functioning, also known as generalized anxiety disorder, in adolescents ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 14, 2010 |
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An artificial eye on your driving
With just a half second's notice, a driver can swerve to avoid a fatal accident or slam on the brakes to miss hitting a child running after a ball. But first, the driver must perceive the danger.
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Older drivers often involved in daytime crashes more severe than younger drivers' crashes
Kansas State University researchers are discovering the challenges aging creates for drivers.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Driver safety Web site from Car Talk, U of Utah
NPR's Car Talk guys, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, may be a couple of motor mouths, but they always put a lid on using cell phones behind the wheel. The perennial jokesters confirm their serious commitment to addressing ...
Mar 22, 2010 |
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