Tag: auto braking

View from the Street: Do Salespeople Understand the Tech They Sell?

Salespeople Just Sell An article appeared recently in Automotive News that essentially asked if salespeople know the technology in the cars they are selling. As someone who was at one time employed at an auto dealer, I can say that the short answer is all too often no. We’ll go with the long answer here. …

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Is Anyone Ready for a Self-driving Car?

Ready for a Self-driving? Evidently, according to reports, only a very few drivers are ready for a self driving car. In a recent newscast from Automotive News, Bloomberg was cited as a source saying that one half to three quarters of all drivers do not want a self-driving car. Parts supplier Robert Bosch stated that …

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Three Things to Know about Automatic Braking

Automatic Braking The news in March 2016 is that 20 auto manufacturers and counting have agreed to roll out automatic braking in their cars by the 2022 model year. These are terrific systems and a technology we love and we only argue that there is little reason other than cost to wait a full six …

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Designing Safety Systems? Keep Air Bag History in Mind

Safety By Design No, aliens have not landed! The image is a Pedestrian Detection Systems indicator symbol. It is associated with a new system now being deployed. What looks for all the world like energy beams emanating from a humanoid’s hands are actually meant to be lane lines the human(oid) is standing in. But this …

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Crash Revisited: NTSB Cites Pilot Mismanagement

It Was the Pilots The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has cited pilot mismanagement and confusion in the crash of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco in 2013. The Agency also blamed the system’s complexity in the accident that cost the lives of three passengers. We’ve called attention to this before (here) and care about …

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