Computers and sensors within the vehicle will monitor the operation of critical safety systems (e.g., brakes, steering), warning the driver when conditions exceed nominal values.
The highlight in this story is where Bob Wilson has to choose between saving young Bobby and warning the driver of the express train.
Although there was no sign warning the driver of the intersection, this does not relieve him of his duty to slow down at that point a reasonable person would know an intersection was approaching.
The target of this study is to investigate the effectiveness, acceptance, and controllability of a specific kind of AWS that uses the haptic information channel for warning the driver.
"I saw the lights in the distance," signaling a subway's approach, he said, so he started firing off flashes on the camera — 49 times in all, he said — as a means of warning the driver.
If a driver just taps the brakes, a few of the L.E.D.'s illuminate; but if the driver slams on the brakes, all of the L.E.D.'s light up, warning the driver behind.
The Wi-Fi signals, which go out in all directions, would act like an alert passenger, warning the driver that another car is about to run a red light or that there's a motorcycle in the blind spot.
Lloyd is far less convinced by the third system under the microscope: a radio frequency ID system designed by Cycle Alert, akin to putting super-charged Oyster cards on bikes and lorries that "talk" to each other, with a dashboard device warning the driver when the cyclist is in their blind spot.
Improved technical performance increases user acceptance by reducing "nuisance" alerts and enables increased efficiency in warning the driver or taking corrective actions.
They are used for collecting data about the driving and for warning the driver by giving feedback about the driving behaviour.
