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Cell Phone Use Reduces Pedestrian Safety
The studies, in which participants crossed a virtual street while talking on the phone or listening to music, found that the music-listeners were able to navigate traffic as well as the average unencu...
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Read moreIntelligent Structural Elements – Support Frames, Adaptive Engine Hoods And More To Come
Based on new hybrid intelligent construction elements (HICE), researchers at the University of Stuttgart have developed a shell structure which is able to adapt to changing environmental conditions....
Materials Sciences | Read moreHybrid cars too quiet for pedestrian safety?
Quiet hybrid cars pose a hazard to pedestrians that simulated engine noise could mitigateImportant pedestrian safety issues have emerged with the advent of hybrid and electric vehicles. These ...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreA virtuous cycle: Safety in numbers for riders
International research reveals that as cycling participation increases, a cyclist is far less likely to collide with a motor vehicle or suffer injury and death - and what's true for cyclists is t...
Transportation and Logistics | Read moreHeavy truckers out of control
Writing in the International Journal of Vehicle Safety, the researchers explain that negotiating a bend is the main cause of loss of control, closely followed by avoidance manoeuvres, and road-edge re...
Transportation and Logistics | Read moreRoad safety: the uncrashable car?
A truck exits suddenly from a side road, directly into your lane only dozens of metres ahead. Suddenly, your car issues a warning, starts applying the brakes and attempts to take evasive action. Reali...
Automotive Engineering | Read moreSensor skin of DuPont™ Hytrel® contributes to pedestrian safety
The sensor strip is made in sandwich construction. Developed by systems supplier Magna Electronics Europe, part of the MAGNA Group, this new sensor forms a vital part of the so-called active bonnet. T...
Automotive Engineering | Read moreWhy don't kids walk to school anymore?
It's not necessarily because they're spoiled, lazy or over scheduled. According to a University of Michigan researcher, concerns about safety are the main reason that less than 13 percent of...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreTackling traffic’s biggest killer
It is the most powerful impact a car can suffer and it is very difficult to predict or avoid; twin fatal factors that make head-on collisions the most devastating killer on the continent’s roads. Of t...
Transportation and Logistics | Read moreStudents with cell phones may take more risks
A survey of 305 students at one campus found that 40 percent of cell phone users said they walked somewhere after dark that they normally wouldn’t go.A separate survey found that about three-q...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreAmbient intelligence: snowboarding to the new frontier
The My Space/Facebook phenomenon has shown how we love to share personal information. But will we take the next step and share our feelings and emotions across the ether?Whether it is sensors ...
Information Technology | Read moreAmbient intelligence: snowboarding to the new frontier
The My Space/Facebook phenomenon has shown how we love to share personal information. But will we take the next step and share our feelings and emotions across the ether?Whether it is sensors ...
Information Technology | Read moreHigh-tech textiles pave the way for glowing garments
The yarns have been developed by The William Lee Innovation Centre (WLIC), based in the University’s School of Materials – and have the potential to be incorporated into clothing worn by cyclists, jog...
Materials Sciences | Read moreEmissions targets for 2030 will only be reached by banning cars in both inner and outer London
The GLA is committed to reducing London’s carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2025[1], but most climate scientists argue that even more rapid reductions will be needed if we are to avoid dangerous clim...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation | Read moreCongestion Charge potentially unsafe for motorcyclists
Imperial College London and Loughborough University researchers found an increase of up to 40 more motorcycling casualties per month during the congestion charging period (from 7am-6.30pm) for inner L...
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