Driver Distraction Summit in Washington, D.C., Part 2
“Inattention, was a contributing factor for 93 percent of the conflict with lead-vehicle crashes and minor collisions.” * “The inattention to the forward roadway may explain why almost half of the drivers (47 percent) had no avoidance reaction.” * *”The 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study”, T. A. Dingus et al, NHTSA, DOT HS 810 593, April [...]
Driver Distraction Summit in Washington, D.C.
If you’re interested, and we are, here is a link and agenda for this event: http://www.rita.dot.gov/distracted_driving_summit/ Live and hopefully recorded. — U.S. Department of Transportation Distracted Driving Summit Washington, DC September 30 – October 1, 2009 AGENDA Wednesday, September 30 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Renaissance Ballroom West Foyer 8:00 a.m. Registration (Open All Day) [...]
Some Monday Fun
City Safety – Predicted for Year 2032 Good friend and past boss Bob Austin sent this over. While on vacation in Nova Scotia, which is an absolutely beautiful place to visit (and a short ferry ride away), Bob found a Popular Science magazine from 1952. Great article that predicted car to car crash avoidance technology [...]
Spy Photo 2011 S60
Someone is in trouble. Cat’s out of the bag. Dan
Volvo Tunes
Ok, so we are a little car company from Sweden that is all about safety. I can see it now, bunch of ad guys sitting around their slick mahogany conference room desk, drinking cold coffee, munching on doughnuts, holding dull No. 3 pencils. Suit and tie kind of meeting with a head honcho who has [...]
Cancer Awareness
Some years ago, a very good friend and neighbor of ours in Monroe, N.Y. died of cancer. She was the kind of person who would avoid stepping on an ant, “because it is alive.” She used to come over and take our Labrador, Doogie Bowser, for walks in the woods near our home while we [...]
