Will there ever be a day when we buy a car blind, not worrying about how it looks to us and others, just on the planet-friendly specs?
And these are children of nine and ten.'" As everyone will recall, before GTA, kids used to drive their toy cars in rectilinear lines, obeying toy car signals where necessary, and checking toy car blind spots regularly.
PHASED-ARRAY radar, a technology used by the military to guide missiles to their targets, is about to take on a civilian mission: alerting drivers to the presence of vehicles in the cars' "blind spots".
Drivers will also be warned when a bike is in the car's blind spot.
Similar tests carried out in Paris in 2012 suggested that allowing cyclists more freedom would improve the flow of traffic and cut the number of collisions, especially those involving a car's blind spot.
Mr. Torcellini took his hands _______ the steering wheel, lifted his foot from the accelerator, and the Lexus hybrid drove itself, following the ______ of the freeway, speeding up to get out of another car's blind spot, moving over slightly to stay well clear of a truck in the next lane, slowing when a car cut in front.
Mr. Torcellini took his hands off the steering wheel, lifted his foot from the accelerator, and the Lexus hybrid drove itself, following the curves of the freeway, speeding up to get out of another car's blind spot, moving over slightly to stay well clear of a truck in the next lane, slowing when a car cut in front.
I never realized how much I hate checking my car's blind spot, until I never had to again.
The driver is also aided by radar, in-car monitors (that are wired to cameras at the car's blind spots) and an infrared "light enhancer" said to boost nighttime vision beyond the reach of the headlamps.
They're not cheap, but a 200mm lens on a cropped-sensor body makes for more than a 300mm focal length equivalent, and you can get some surprisingly close shots of the deer, birds, or what have you, without leaving the comfort of your car or blind.
Blaze's bike light not only makes it easier for cyclists to see where they're going when it gets dark, but more importantly, it's designed to help motorists see them, even when they're riding in a car's blind spot.
