Sunday,
November 15, 2015
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height="50" width="59"> Google
Driverless Car Is Stopped by
California Police for Going Too
Slowly
C. Hauser, Nov 13 "...Google’s
autonomous test cars are programmed to
follow the letter of the law. But as
The New York Times
reported in September,
researchers in the fledgling field of
autonomous vehicles say that one of
the biggest challenges facing
automated cars is blending them into a
world in which human drivers don’t
behave by the book...."Read more Hmmm... Yes, a big challenge is not operating like humans, but more with respect to breaking "laws" rather than operating well within the "law". In this case, one has a legitimate opportunity to ask of Google "why was it going so slow?" and if it doesn't have the capability to "keep up" with legitimately moving traffic should it be operating on such roads. Maybe it should be limited to roads that have a 25 mph limit if that's all it can do? Also look at the source:
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alt="" height="27" width="105"> Mountain
View police Blog, Nov 12
"...The officer stopped the car and
made contact with the operators to
learn more about how the car was
choosing speeds along certain roadways
and to educate the operators about
impeding traffic per 22400(a) of the
California Vehicle Code. The Google
self-driving cars operate under the
Neighborhood Electric Vehicle
Definition per 385.5 of the California
Vehicle Code and can only be operated
on roadways with speed limits at or
under 35 mph. In this case, it was
lawful for the car to be traveling on
the street as El Camino Real is rated
at 35 mph.The Mountain View Police Department meets regularly with Google to ensure that their vehicles operate safely in our community. Read more
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alt="" height="51" width="63">Autopilot
– expecting the unexpected
Volvo, Nov 6 "Volvo Cars has announced
details of how its self-driving cars
will help make roads safer for
everyone. Speaking at the
International Driverless Cars
conference in Adelaide, Australia, Dr
Trent Victor, Senior Technical Leader
Crash Avoidance at Volvo Cars Safety
Centre, said that the company’s
autonomous cars will ‘expect extreme
situations’..." Read
more Hmmm...
more importantly watch
the video. Also, who owns
the "product-name" "AutoPilot"
Tesla, Volvo, ??? At this point,
none of these should be called
AutoPilot. (and Trimble/ALK owns
"CoPilot" :-) ) Please, someone
come up with a name that doesn't
over-hype this technology so that
consumers have a responsible
expectation of the technology.
Alain [log in to unmask]"
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A Preliminary Analysis of
Real-World Crashes Involving
Self-Driving Vehicles
B. Schoettle & M. Sivak Oct '15 " ...Two important caveats should be considered when interpreting the findings. First, the distance accumulated by self-driving vehicles is still relatively low (about 1.2 million miles, compared with about 3 trillion annual miles in the U.S. by conventional vehicles). Second, self-driving vehicles were thus far driven only in limited (and generally less demanding) conditions (e.g., avoiding snowy areas). Therefore, their exposure has not yet been representative of the exposure for conventional vehicles..." Read more Hmmm.... Its nice to have the early information/analysis, but the caveats are very important. Alain[log in to unmask]"
alt="">
Toyota Will
Establish New Artificial
Intelligence Research and
Development Company
Press Release Nov
6 " At a press conference today,
Toyota Motor Corporation announced
it will establish a new company,
Toyota Research Institute Inc.
(TRI), as an R&D enterprise
with an initial focus on
artificial intelligence and
robotics. The headquarters will be
located in Silicon Valley near
Stanford University in Palo Alto,
California, U.S.A. A second
facility will be located near the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, U.S.A. The new
company will begin operations in
January 2016.... " Read
more
Hmmm... Welcome! Alain[log in to unmask]"
alt=""> Autonomous
shuttles in Switzerland
Nov 4
"...Residents and visitors in
the small town of Sion in the
Canton of Valais may be called
on to test a new mode of
public transport next year:
the driverless shuttle. For
the first time in Switzerland,
'smart' vehicles capable of
holding up to nine passengers
are expected to circulate on
public roads..." Read
more Hmmm....Interesting,
but still very much in the
planning stage. Alain[log in to unmask]"
alt="" height="42" width="52"> Volvo
Cars begins first ever Australian
tests for kangaroo safety research
Press release, Oct 29, "Volvo Cars
is developing kangaroo detection
technology to solve one of the most
costly causes of traffic collisions
in Australia.
A team of Volvo Cars safety experts
travelled to the Australian Capital
Territory this week to film and
study the roadside behaviour of
kangaroos in their natural habitat.
The data Volvo Cars collects will be
used to develop the first ever
kangaroo detection and collision
avoidance system. According to the
National Roads & Motorists’
Association (NRMA) there are over
20,000 kangaroo strikes on
Australian roads each year costing
over AU $75 million in insurance
claims. The human cost of serious
injuries and fatalities from animal
collisions is incalculable..." Read
more Hmmmm...
Again emphasizing the importance
of "localization". Google
addresses cattle crossings,
Volvo: Kangaroos; in Princeton
and many other places: Deer and
in New Hampshire and Canda:
Elk. These are VERY important.
Alain
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alt=""> Hyundai
Motor set to unveil autonomous
car next month
Nov 8 "... Hyundai
plans to roll out the latest
version of its Genesis luxury
sedan equipped with the so-called
highway driving assist (HDA)
system... is designed to keep a
car within the lane, maintain a
safe distance from the car ahead
and provide a navigation-connected
system that gives warnings of
maximum and minimum speeds on
highway sections. Read
more
Hmmm... Continuing to play
hard to catch-up with the club.
Alain
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-11-autonomous-shuttles-switzerland.html#jCp
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alt=""> Ford’s
Skipping the Trickiest Thing About
Self-Driving Cars
A. Davies, Nov 10 "...Ford wants to
skip Level 3 because it presents the
one of the biggest challenges with
this technology: How to safely
transfer control from the computer to
the driver, particularly in an
emergency. It’s a balancing act, one
that requires providing drivers with
the benefits of autonomy—like not
having to pay attention—while ensuring
they are ready to grab the wheel if
the car encounters something it can’t
handle....Read
more Hmmm...
But Level 3 ("The Ultimate Texting
Machine") is what I really want to
buy! (Level 2 Insurance buys for
me and Level 4 is bought by aTaxi
fleet operators) Alain[log in to unmask]"
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Driverless
electric shuttles are coming
to cities around the world
D Muoio Nov 9
"Citymobil2 — a pilot program for
automated transportation systems
funded by the European Union — is
working to bring driverless,
electric shuttles to different
parts of the world, with its
latest shuttle launch occurring in
Greece. ..." Read
more and nice video.The largest property developer in China is making its own driverless cars See video (bottom of page)
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alt=""> Japan
may widen millimeter-wave radar
band for self-driving vehicles
"...A wider frequency band is
believed to improve the accuracy of
automated driving, while a unified
band adopted by Japan, the United
States and European nations will
enable automakers to use
technologies in all of the nations
without requiring region-specific
modifications.... participants will
discuss widening the 77-81 gigahertz
band, which can detect obstacles
within 100 meters, the sources said.
The United States and Europe have
not implemented such an
expansion...." Read
more Hmmm..
This is important. Alain
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alt="" height="28" width="189">Autonomous
Vehicles Vs. Helping Humans
Drive Better
T. Claburn, Oct
29 "...For
automakers, creating self-driving
cars may be an appealing technical
challenge, but creating
better-driving cars is a more
attainable goal...." Read
more Hmmm...
Yes! Do that well and the rest
will easily follow. Alain
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A
ROADMAP TO SAFER DRIVING
Boston Consulting
Group, Sept '15 "...Relatively few
vehicles on the road today have
these systems, however, and their
penetration of the market is
growing at only two to five
percent annually. This is a
significant missed opportunity,
especially considering that ADAS
technologies pave the way to
partially and fully autonomous
vehicles, which could reduce
accidents—and their cost to
society—by 90 percent or more... Read
more Hmmm.... Yes!
Very nice report encouraging
ADAS. Alain
Some other thoughts that deserve your
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alt=""> Google
Just Open Sourced TensorFlow, Its
Artificial Intelligence Engine
C. Mertz, Nov 9, "...The app uses an
increasingly powerful form of
artificial intelligence called deep
learning. By analyzing thousands of
photos of gravestones, this AI
technology can learn to identify a
gravestone it has never seen before.
The same goes for cats and dogs, trees
and clouds, flowers and food...." Read
more Hmmmm...
And we think it can identify the
salient features of the driving
environment to provide an elegant
algorithm for autonomous driving.
These tools will allow more of us
to contribute to contribute to the
development of SmartDrivingCars.
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alt="" height="27" width="92"> Cutting
Edge News of the World's
Transitioning Mobility Markets
L. Fabian Nov 2 Edition " Market
Conditions, Project Initiations,
Airports, Driverless Metros, ..." Read
more Hmmmm... ace lots would be
available for commercial or
residential development or green
space.?..." Read
more Hmmm...Subscribe
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AeroMobil
Website Nov 2015
"...AeroMobil is a flying car that
perfectly makes use of existing
infrastructure created for
automobiles and planes, and opens
doors to real door-to-door travel.
As a car it fits into any standard
parking space, uses regular
gasoline, and can be used in road
traffic just like any other car.
As a plane it can use any airport
in the world, but can also take
off and land using any grass strip
or paved surface just a few
hundred meters long.
Read
more Hmmm...What
may be even more interesting here
would be the automation of the
whole package (and its expansion
to possibly 4 seats) such that it
could become a much longer range
autonomousTaxi operating between 5,194
US airports with a paved runway
This would revolutionize short
range air travel by allowing for
the creation of demand-responsive
service and addressing air
travel's current "last 50-mile"
problem. Alain [log in to unmask]"
alt=""> The
Dream Life of Driverless
Cars
G. Manaugh, Nov 11 "...What they hoped
to scan was not just the shape of the
city streets but the inner life of the
autonomous cars that may soon come to
dominate them... Read
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City
of the Future
National League of
Cities "Mobility options are
fundamental to providing a robust
platform for economic activity and
human interaction within the urban
environment. Today, rapid
technological advances coupled
with shifts in demographics and
public preferences are
dramatically altering the nature
of transportation in America’s
cities. Technology’s ever-growing
impact has profound and
far-reaching implications for the
future of urban mobility. Read
more Hmmm... No
kidding! Alain[log in to unmask]"
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Here’s
What Tesla Autopilot Sees
(w/Video)
S. Hanley, Nov. 8
"Tesla’s Version 7.0 firmware
that enables its Autopilot suite
of autonomous driving functions
has been out for several weeks. We
know it uses an array of sensors
to gather data about its
surroundings. To start with, every
car built since October, 2014 has
both a forward looking radar and
camera. The car also gets GPS data
constantly and has an array of 12
ultrasonic sensors that scan all
around the car in real time out to
a distance of 16 feet....
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AIG
Invests $4 million with Clemson
University to establish Risk
Engineering and Analytics Center;
P. Alongi, Oct 29 "American
International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG)
today announced an initial $4 million
investment with Clemson University to
develop a risk engineering and
analytics center and to establish the
Robert Benmosche Endowed Professorship
in Risk Engineering and Systems
Analytics, in honor of the company’s
former president and chief executive
officer...." Read
more Hmmm...
Very interesting! Alain[log in to unmask]"
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Alibaba
Tops Singles’ Day Sales Record
Despite Slowing China Economy
G. Wong, Nov 11
"Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
reported a blockbuster $14.3
billion in sales during China’s
Singles’ Day online shopping
festival Wednesday, further
highlighting the resilience of the
Chinese consumer despite a
flagging economy. ... Read
more Hmmm.... This
is impressive! Alain[log in to unmask]"
alt=""> Cars
Talk to Cars on the Autobahn
P. Ross Nov 10
"...“This is the first
demonstration of car-to-car
communication via a high-speed
cellular connection with near-5G
performance,” Alexander Dobrindt,
Germany’s minister of transport
and infrastructure, said in a
statement. The experiment was
conducted on the recently
inaugurated Digital A9 Motorway
Testbed, a segment of an autobahn
in Bavaria, southern Germany..." Read
more Hmmm... And
now even more driver
distractions on the Autobahn.
Good idea???
Alain
Recompiled Old News & Smiles:
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Courtesy of D. Maynudes: Tesla
approach to AutoPilot?
Half-baked stuff that probably doesn't deserve your time:
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Why
Self-Driving Cars Must Be
Programmed to Kill
Oct 22 "Self-driving cars are
already cruising the streets. But
before they can become widespread,
carmakers must solve an impossible
ethical dilemma of algorithmic
morality. ..." Read
more Hmmm... Wait a
minute: If something is
"impossible" and "must" be done,
then we should quit now. Alain[log in to unmask]"
alt="" height="29"
width="186"> Mysterious
billion-dollar car company
is taking on Tesla
Nov 6,
"...Despite the fact the car
company has close to 500
employees, no one really knows
anything about the car they’re
making aside from the fact it’s
completely electric and will be
packed with connected-car
features..." Read
more Hmmm..."Connected-car
features"??? Maybe they
didn't get the memo? AlainC'mon Man! (These folks didn't get/read the memo)
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alt="">
Reality Check: It Wasn't Tesla's
Autopilot That Prevented Crash in
Viral Video
J Bartlett, Oct 30 "A recent viral
video purporting to show how Tesla’s
new Autopilot software helped a
driver avoid an accident underscores
that there is confusion about how
advanced safety systems work and
what they actually do.
In that dramatic video, a dash
camera shows the Tesla Model S
motoring alongside a lane of stopped
traffic at night, when a car coming
from the other direction turns into
the path of the Tesla. In the
YouTube title, the driver says
Autopilot deserves credit for
avoiding the accident, as the
description explains that he didn’t
see the car coming nor have his foot
on the brake. However, the reality
is that forward-collision warning
with automatic braking is the hero—a
feature that many brands offer
across the price spectrum... " Read
more Hmmm....
Amazing the lengths that Tesla
goes to hype itself. Tesla:
C'mon Man Alain
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Apple Co-Founder Steve
Wozniak’s Vision for Cars in
Just 20 Years: ‘No Human
Drivers Will Be Allowed’
L. Klimas, Nov 3
"...“Self driving cars is the
biggest technology for the
future,” said Wozniak during his
keynote at the Gartner
Symposium/ITxpo at the Gold
Coast....“In 20 years, no human
drivers will be allowed except
for the young kids at
Disneyland.”..." Read
more Hmmm.. Steve, C'mon Man!
There are still horse and
buggies on Pennsylvania roads.
Please! Alain
Calendar of Upcoming Events:
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alt="">
Technix
2016
Envision
Automated
Transit (EAT)
Saturday,
January 9th,
2016
9:30 am – 4:00
pm
Kim
Engineering
Building,
University of
Maryland
8228 Paint
Branch Dr.,
College Park,
MD 20742
Open to the
public
http://www.advancedtransit.org/library/news/technix-2016-envision-automated-transit-eat/
Recent Versions of:
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width="119">Port
Authority
Unanimously
Approves $10
Billion Plan
to Replace Bus
Terminal
The plan approved Thursday includes an international design competition. The final design will be picked in September." See Video
Hmmm... This is great, but since it will not be finished for 15 years, it better be designed with SmartDrivingBuses in mind. In fact, 20 years ago, Lou Pignataro and I envisioned that today's longitudinal and lateral control systems could readily allow a 50% increase in the capacity (from a current max of 700 to 1,050 buses/hr) of the Counter-flow Exclusive Bus (XBL) lane/Lincoln Tunnel if only the PA Bus Terminal could accommodate the additional buses. This enable an additional 17,500 seated passengers per hour to commute from NJ to NYC, a volume that is essentially equivalent to what a new rail tunnel would provide. Hopefully, the PANY&NJ accommodate such a service improvement when they design and build this new bus terminal. Alain
Friday, October 23, 2015
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alt=""> Should
Autopilot Cars
Be Required To
Pass Driving
Tests?
Monday, October 19, 2015
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alt=""
height="55"
width="61"> Self-Driving Cars Are
Coming Right
For Us
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alt=""
height="51"
width="63"> US
urged to
establish
nationwide
Federal
guidelines for
autonomous
driving
Oct
7 "The US
risks losing
its leading
global
position in
the
development of
self-driving
cars if it
allows a
patchwork of
varying state
laws and
regulations to
develop,
according to
Håkan
Samuelsson,
president and
chief
executive of
Volvo Cars.
In a speech to
be delivered
Thursday at a
high level
seminar on
self-driving
cars organized
by Volvo Cars
and the
Embassy of
Sweden in
Washington DC,
Mr Samuelsson
will say...
Mr Samuelsson will clearly state Volvo’s position on both of these contentious issues.
He will say Volvo will accept full liability whenever one if its cars is in autonomous mode, making it one of the first car makers in the world to make such a promise.
He will add that Volvo regards the hacking of a car as a criminal offense. ...." Read more
Hmmmm... Fantastic!!! This will really "shake 'em up". I'll be on a panel at this meeting later this morning. Can't wait!!! This is FANTASTIC!!!Alain See also
Friday, October 02, 2015
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alt="">
"60
Minutes"
test-rides
Mercedes-Benz
self-driving
car
Saturday, September 26, 2015
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border="0"
height="44"
width="50">As
Volkswagen
Pushed to Be
No. 1,
Ambitions
Fueled a
Scandal
D.
Hakim, Sept 26
"...It is not
Volkswagen’s
first run-in
with
regulators
over
emissions.
When the
United States
began
regulating
tailpipe
pollutants in
the 1970s,
Volkswagen was
one of the
first
companies
caught
cheating. It
was fined
$120,000 in
1973 for
installing
what became
known as a
“defeat
device,”
technology to
shut down a
vehicle’s
pollution
control
systems. This
time, it
equipped its
vehicles with
software that
was programmed
to fake test
results, an
action the
E.P.A. rebuked
in 1998, when
it
reached a $1
billion
settlement
with
truck-engine
manufacturers
for doing the
same
thing.....
Cheating on
emissions
tests solved
several issues
at once. Not
only were
drivers
rewarded with
better mileage
and
performance,
but the
automaker also
avoided more
expensive and
cumbersome
pollution-control
systems. While Volkswagen cheated behind the
scenes, it
publicly
espoused
virtue. This,
after all, is
the company
that used one
of the largest
advertising
arenas in the
world, the Super Bowl, to run
a commercial showing
its engineers
sprouting
angel’s wings.
...Confronted
again,
Volkswagen
continued to
maintain that
there was a
problem with
the testers,
not the
vehicles...Government
officials then
increased the
pressure on
the company,
threatening to
withhold
approval for
its 2016
Volkswagen and
Audi diesel
models.
According to
the E.P.A.,
that is what
forced
Volkswagen’s
hand. On Sept.
3, a group of
senior
engineers
admitted what
the regulators
had suspected:
.... " Read
more
Hmmm...So
UGLY!!! Alain
Monday, September 14, 2015
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border="0"
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width="50">Automakers
Will Make
Automatic
Braking
Systems
Standard in
New Cars
But the automakers have not set a timetable for the introduction of the systems, ...Anthony Foxx, the transportation secretary, said in a prepared statement that emergency braking technology could reduce traffic deaths and injuries.
“We are entering a new era of vehicle safety, focusing on preventing crashes from ever occurring, rather than just protecting occupants when crashes happen,” Mr. Foxx said....
The 10 companies “will work with I.I.H.S. and N.H.T.S.A. in the coming months on the details of implementing their historic commitment,” the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement (Same as the DoT Statement.) Read more Hmmm... This is major because the automakers "had agreed..." rather than "the regulators had required..." (although there seems to be a little push-back in that "...had not set a timetable..." We do know that many are now offering these systems at a modest up-sell. So there may actually be substance in the announcement.) What is clear now is that we should all Invest in insurance companies that are creative in insuring these new vehicles!!! They are going to become so profitable! Insurance gets the cash benefit of the technology without having to pay for it!!! Wow!!!Congratulations Warren Buffett. He must have played a role in this. He stands to benefit so much. :-) While trucks are mentioned, (amazing that buses aren't; DoT is SO BAD!!), they seem very much the stepchild. SO unfortunate! :-( Alain
Friday, August 28, 2015
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width="95"> Truck
Safety Out of
the Box from
Autonobox
The Autonobox System essentially is a second braking system for heavy-duty vehicles that addresses the long-standing problem of brakes that overheat after intense use like a panic-stop or sustained use while going downhill.... Read more Hmmm...A viable after-market retro-fit opportunity. Alain
Monday, August 10, 2015
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alt=""
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width="176">Self-Driving
Cars Could
Destroy
Fine-Based
City
Government.
What’s the
Downside?
Friday, July 31, 2015
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alt=""
height="35"
width="160"> Lipinski
Continues
Efforts to
Keep Cars and
Other
Transportation
Safe from
Cyber Attacks
in Wake of
Fiat
Chrysler
Recall
July 28 "...These vulnerabilities pose great risks and the federal government must do more to help protect Americans from these risks.”
Monday, July 27, 2015
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alt=""
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width="113">[log in to unmask]">Center
for Automated
Road
Transportation
Safety @ Fort
Monmouth is
Launched
Friday, July 3, 2015
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alt=""
height="40"
width="40"> Rep.
Lipinski
Introduces
Future
Transportation
Research and
Innovation Act
"Surface transportation used to be rather staid and unimaginative, but today the very concept of 'mobility' is being reinvented through research, innovation, and entrepreneurship," said Rep. Lipinski. "Rapidly advancing automation, connectivity, and information technologies are creating incredible opportunities for transportation innovation. We need to develop innovative ways to improve safety, ease congestion, improve personal mobility, and cut energy use..." Read more Hmmm... Excellent! Alain
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
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alt=""
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width="112">NTSB
Calls for
Immediate
Action on
Collision
Avoidance
Systems for
Vehicles;
Cites Slow
Progress as
Major Safety
Issue
6/8/15 "
WASHINGTON –
In a report
released
today, the
National
Transportation
Safety Board
outlined the
life-saving
benefits of
currently
available
collision
avoidance
systems, and
recommended
that the
technology
become
standard on
all new
passenger and
commercial
vehicles.
“You don’t pay
extra for your
seatbelt,”
said Chairman
Christopher A.
Hart. “And you
shouldn’t have
to pay extra
for technology
that can help
prevent a
collision
altogether.”...
Read
more Hmmm Yea!!! Finally some semblance of
sanity in
Washington.
Alain
Friday, May 29, 2015
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height="47"
width="55">John
F. Nash Jr.,
Math Genius
Defined by a
‘Beautiful
Mind,’ Dies at
86
The couple were ejected from the cab and pronounced dead at the scene. The State Police said it appeared that they had not been wearing seatbelts.... Read more
See also:
A Beautiful Mind Mathematician John Nash and His Wife Killed in N.J. Car Crash ;
Hmmm... So tragic!!! What a crying shame!!! So preventable!!! We will miss them :-(
Unfortunately, the NYT and others tried but missed the fundamental point by following up with "Deaths of Math Genius John F. Nash Jr. and Wife Show Need to Use Seatbelts in Back, Experts Say ". Why do we so easily put up with crashes in the first place? It is as if it is OK to go around crashing, just put on a seat belt. Technology is available to avoid crashes, but there isn't sufficient public policy focus on avoiding crashes to accelerate its adoption and enhancement.
The fundamental problem was that the taxi was not equipped with available automated stability control, lane keeping and collision avoidance systems. This was not an accident, it was a failed public safety policy that refuses to move beyond crash mitigation and its challenged “V2x” initiatives to embrace forthright automated crash avoidance.
Moreover, there is a failed Taxi regulatory structure that doesn’t even hint that taxis should have electronic stability control, automated lane keeping and collision avoidance. What is the purpose of taxi regulation, to keep “Ubers” out of business?
It is time for the nation's transportation policy to focus intelligence/automation on the vehicle in support of the driver. Hopefully Congress will restructure the pending transportation legislation to focus automated vehicle technologies that actively assist drivers when they make driving mistakes. We are not perfect. We deserve a public safety policy that is more mindful of our imperfections. Policy that isn't aimed at just warning and scolding us but actively takes over and does the right thing. We, not the infrastructure, are the cause of most of the the highway carnage. It is the driver who needs help and our public policy should focus on delivering that help. Alain
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