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Oct. 4, 2021 Automated vehicles could be made more pedestrian-friendly thanks to new research which could help them predict when people will cross the road. Scientists investigating how to better understand ...
July 19, 2022 Research suggests a trio of roadway treatments would enable people age 65 and older to travel on foot more ...
Feb. 13, 2024 A new study examines the circumstances behind who is found at fault when cars hit pedestrians in an urban area. Results showed that the environment where the crash took place -- especially the types ...
Nov. 29, 2021 Game-changing technology to design traffic lights that absorb kinetic energy, stopping them from crumpling when hit by a vehicle, will prevent thousands of fatalities and injuries each year and make ...
May 11, 2021 A new approach to road safety that relies on design and engineering principles -- the 'Safe System' approach -- could lead to dramatic reductions in vehicle-related deaths and injuries if ...
July 6, 2023 Researchers have developed new software to aid in the development, evaluation and demonstration of safer autonomous, or driverless, vehicles. Called the Vehicle-in-Virtual-Environment (VVE) method, ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Adding a fourth light to traffic signals -- in addition to red, green and yellow -- would shorten wait times at street corners for pedestrians, as well as improve traffic flow for both autonomous ...
Sep. 20, 2022 Robotic eyes on autonomous vehicles could improve pedestrian safety, according to a new study. Participants played out scenarios in virtual reality (VR) and had to decide whether to cross a road in ...
July 25, 2023 Most navigation apps can show you the fastest possible route to your destination and some can even suggest an eco-friendly route calculated to produce the least amount of carbon emissions. But what ...
Feb. 23, 2022 Time for a road trip. You punch the destination into your GPS and choose the suggested route. But is this shortest route the safest? Not necessarily, according to new ...