News tagged with driver inattention
Solar-powered safety: Road signs blink their warnings
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Across New Jersey, more towns are using solar-powered warning signs, capitalizing on the technology's effectiveness to inform the public, warn motorists of danger and save energy.
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Findings released on real-world driver behavior, distraction, crash factors
Apr 20, 2006 |
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Driver inattention is the leading factor in most crashes and near-crashes, according to a landmark research report released today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Virginia Tech Transportation ...
Drivers make more errors when talking on cell phone than to a passenger
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Drivers make more mistakes when talking on a cell phone than when talking to passengers, new research shows.
Inadequate sleep leads to behavioral problems
Apr 27, 2009 |
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A recent Finnish study suggests that children's short sleep duration even without sleeping difficulties increases the risk for behavioral symptoms of ADHD.
To prevent accidents, car must know its driver
May 30, 2007 |
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Over the past several years, scientists working in the area of intelligent vehicles have developed predictive braking systems to help prevent rear-end collisions. When your car gets dangerously close to the ...
Toyota developing anti-drunk driving gadget
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Toyota Motor said Monday it was developing anti-drunk driving equipment that would lock the ignition of a vehicle if high levels of alcohol are detected in the driver.
The sum of knowledge -- online and accessible, no less
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are creating new technology that could, ultimately, make accessible the sum of humankind's knowledge. Hundreds of organisations and millions of documents are already linked to this "United ...
Student Drivers -- Especially Males -- Think Hands-free Cell Phones are Safer
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Driver education classes should be teaching young drivers that all kinds of mobile phones, both conventional and hands-free, are a dangerous distraction, says a University at Buffalo researcher, who studies ...
Taming the vast -- and growing -- digital data-sphere
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are making an impressive effort to link up digital repositories to create a vast network of easy to search online data. The DRIVER project work - one of the largest efforts of its kind ...
AIDA Robot Aims To Change The Way We Interact With Our Car (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and designers are developing the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) - a new in-car personal robot that aims to change the way we interact with our car. The project ...
Driver misjudgment and landscape variations cause collisions at stop sign intersections
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stop signs are supposed to be traffic safety tools, but how effective are they? According to one Ryerson University researcher, intersections with stop signs can be some of the deadliest places ...
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