Adept Driver (Adept) has delivered its targeted neurocognitive training to help reduce vehicle accidents caused by driver distraction and complacency at the annual Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, in Washington DC on 7 January 2018. The program is designed to provide drivers with the skills to take control of the vehicle when emerging technology fails without warning. Additionally, Adept has integrated a semi-autonomous vehicle (SAV) training program into its TeenSmart and Lifelong Driver
The UK government has launched a US$30 million competitive fund for collaborative research and development into driverless vehicles, along with a code of practice for testing.
The measures, announced by Business Secretary Sajid Javid and Transport Minister Andrew Jones, will put the UK at the forefront of the intelligent mobility market, expected to be worth US£1.4 trillion by 2025.
The government wants bidders to put forward proposals in areas such as safety, reliability, how vehicles can communicat
UK independent road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has welcomed a new white paper which it says supports its statement that we will not gain the full safety benefits of self-driving cars until every car on the road is connected to each other. Until then, IAM RoadSmart believes that the human mind holds the edge, until such point that connected cars actually ‘talk’ to each other and predict what is happening over the horizon. According to the white paper, Sensor Fusion: A Comparison of Sensing Capabilities of
