High Tech Gadgets for Safe Driving Coming Soon. Daniel Sforza.
by Sforza, Daniel; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 76Science. Publisher: The Record, 2003ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Automobiles -- Safety measures | Highway engineering | Highway research | Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems | Roads -- Safety measures | Roads -- Interchanges and intersections | Traffic safety | United States Dept. of TransportationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "There are some bad drivers on the roads. Many speed. Others tend to nod off behind the wheel. And some treat a yellow light as a signal to floor the accelerator. In the next few years, though, technology may be able to prevent some of the 1.7 million crashes that occur each year at the nation's intersections, killing 6,700 people." (THE RECORD) This article discusses testing being done by the U.S. Department of Transportation on "smart intersections" and explains how they work and how it is hoped they will drastically reduce traffic collisions and fatalities.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: High Tech Gadgets for Safe Driving Coming Soon, Aug. 1, 2003; pp. n.p..
"There are some bad drivers on the roads. Many speed. Others tend to nod off behind the wheel. And some treat a yellow light as a signal to floor the accelerator. In the next few years, though, technology may be able to prevent some of the 1.7 million crashes that occur each year at the nation's intersections, killing 6,700 people." (THE RECORD) This article discusses testing being done by the U.S. Department of Transportation on "smart intersections" and explains how they work and how it is hoped they will drastically reduce traffic collisions and fatalities.
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