Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: autonomous technology, Google, Nevada, robot cars, self-driving cars, traffic, transportation
Uh oh, lookie here. Partner as a verb.
In creating the regulations, the department partnered with Google, automobile manufacturers, testing professionals, insurance companies, universities and law enforcement all with a common vision of saving lives. Several other states currently have bills in front of their legislators that will follow Nevada into the future.
via Regulations Clear the Road for Self-driving Cars.
But, what exactly are these regulations? No word on that.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: accident, bicycle, bicycling, bike, collision, cycling, traffic, traffic safety, Washington, Wessels
Also from the Wessels pdf…
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: accident, bicycle, bicycling, bike, collision, traffic, traffic safety, Washinton
From the study by Ralph Wessels (pdf).
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: collision, liability, litigation, pedestrian, responsibility, safety, traffic
Excerpt from NY Post, Nov. 18, 2011.
Yet another pedestrian wakes up from a coma and sues everybody. Litigation is a necessary tool, and it is sabotaged a little bit for everybody who might really need it each time an errant pedestrian walks in front of a bicyclist, gets knocked into a coma, then sues everybody.
Bicyclists, watch for pedestrians, as they have a very hard time watching for you.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: batteries, hybrids, IIHS, safety, traffic
Hybrids are heavy, so they’re safer for those inside of them. The people in the other car, or on the bike, or sidewalk, on the other hand, get bludgeoned harder. It’s a zero sum game.
click for pdf — Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Industrialized Cyclist Notepad 