Car News recent articles in category Road Safety
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Experimental ‘robot car’ that can see through fog
A research team at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is claiming that they have had a breakthrough in obstacle detection for the future’s autonomous cars. The researchers will demonstrate its latest development in autonomous car technology at ‘RobotSENSE’ in Ulm, Germany today, May 16. The detection system is installed in a Citroen and they have playfully nicknamed it...
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BMW Ireland joins UK in recalling cars over electrical fault
BMW Ireland has joined the UK in recalling cars due to a potential fault in the vehicle which has has been linked to fatal British crash Like their counterpart in Britain, BMW Ireland will recall thousands of cars affected by this particular electrical fault. According to a statement from the company, the models connected with the recall are the BMW...
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Driving Gender Divide - Men and Women Drift into Different Worlds When on Autopilot
It may seem stereotypically obvious but men and women “drift into different worlds when switched to ‘autopilot’… It is official – a study on the gender divide while driving reveals that men and women drift into different worlds when switched to ‘autopilot’ and hope for different benefits from future automotive advances. Women drivers are nearly twice as likely as their...
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Tesla owner banned from driving for sitting in the passenger seat
A Tesla owner in the UK has been banned from driving for 18 months because he activated the car's autopilot system and then transferred to the passenger seat while travelling on the M1. Bhavesh Patel, aged 39, of Alfreton Road, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving at St Albans Crown Court on Friday, April 20. The court heard that at...
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Things you should always carry in your car
Although we live in a small Country, it is still worthwhile always having certain items in your vehicle, just in case an unforeseen situation arises. We have listed the top 10 items that every vehicle owner should ensure they have in their car. Spare Tyre along with a Jack and Iron This you might say comes as standard within every...
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What is the future of Self-driving cars in the wake of the fatal Uber collision?
What is the future of Self-driving cars in the wake of the fatal Uber collision? Video of the first self-driving car crash that killed a pedestrian suggests a “catastrophic failure” by Uber’s technology, according to experts in the field, who said the footage showed the autonomous system erring on one of its most basic functions. The death of a Elaine Herzberg who...
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What is Car Clocking?
What is car clocking? Car clocking is when a car's odometer (mileage recorder) has been put back or reduced so that it appears to have less miles on the clock. It is an offence under consumer law for a trader to give false, misleading or deceptive information about the history of a car, for example, if the car was previously...
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Bright Headlights Dazzling Motorists
Drivers are being blinded by LED headlights which far ‘too-bright’. These bright LED bulbs that are becoming increasingly more common in newer cars are being blamed for temporarily blinding other drivers which could, potentially cause a fatal accident. One in six drivers say they have narrowly avoided an accident because of the blinding effects of the new headlights, the motoring...
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Why should you monitor tyre pressure?
The importance of Tyre Pressure It is important for us to know that our vehicle is in good working condition and one of the ways we can do this is by monitoring our car’s tyre pressure. If you are not regularly checking the pressure of your tyres you could putting yourself at risk and reducing the vehicles overall performance. In...
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U.S. Investigates 4 deaths as Hyundai-Kia airbags fail to deploy in collisions
The United States authorities are probing 4 deaths in Hyundai-Kia cars when airbags failed to deploy while in road collisions The airbags in some Hyundai and Kia cars failed to inflate in crashes in which four people died. The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants to know why? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s investigating problems that affect...