I am not sure if this is a good way to protect pedestrians, but a team of Japanese researchers developed them: airbags for use on the outside of vehicles.
The main works of the present paper are to establish a flow model that is similar to the actual brake disc working conditions, and to obtain the local and average convective heat transfer characteristics of the outside surface of vehicle break disc experimentally.
But this one's interesting in that automakers are already integrated cameras across the outsides of vehicles in an effort to help spur the development of autonomous driving tech, and because there is a pressing need by all automotive industry stakeholders to adapt to the impact increased mobile device use has on vehicle safety.
In its pilot with Dominos, Ford found "customers enjoyed the voice instructions that played over speakers mounted on the outside of the vehicle to explain how to get their pizza out of the self-driving vehicle upon arrival at their house," Ford EVP and President of Global Markets wrote in Medium post in December.
Having the map stenciled on the outside of the vehicle wouldn't seem to be much of an aid to the driver, but it might amuse pedestrians.
Photograph: Chris Usher/EPA 9.25pm GMT U.S. Secret Service agents ride on stepbar on the outside of their vehicle as they follow President Barack Obama as he leaves Capitol Hill.
Xander, nine, was already out – he'd been riding on the outside of the vehicle, hanging onto the roof-rack, feet on the running board for most of the morning.
The Jones case will address not only whether the placement of a space-age tracking device on the outside of a vehicle without a warrant qualifies as a search, but also whether the intensive monitoring it allows is different in kind from conventional surveillance by police officers who stake out suspects and tail their cars.
says Cruz. Bright, over the top and so eye-catching, the truck designs are so distinctive you may find yourself admiring the outside of the vehicle rather than stepping inside to peruse the merchandise.
"We've intentionally gone for a very simple interior with a single screen," Musk explained, showing off a cabin that was intentionally designed to maximize available interior volume while still keeping the outside of the vehicle as small as possible.
The first thing to do is the most obvious- a walk around inspection of the outside of the vehicle.
