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If that famous "Final Destination" logging truck scene already lurks in the back of your mind whenever you're driving on a highway, you may want to sit this one out.
Noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH), also known as noise and vibration (N&V), is the study and modification of the noise and vibration characteristics of vehicles, particularly cars and trucks. While noise and vibration can be readily measured, harshness is a subjective quality, and is measured either via jury evaluations, or with analytical ...
A horn is a sound-making device installed on motor vehicles, trains, boats, and other types of vehicles. The sound it makes usually resembles a “honk” (older vehicles) or a “beep” (modern vehicles). The driver uses the horn to warn others of the vehicle's presence or approach, or to call attention to some hazard.
Roadway noise is the collective sound energy emanating from motor vehicles. It consists chiefly of road surface, tire, engine/transmission, aerodynamic, and braking elements. Noise of rolling tires driving on pavement is found to be the biggest contributor of highway noise and increases with higher vehicle speeds. [1] [2] [3]
In the 2016 Berlin truck attack, the vehicle used was brought to a stop by its automatic braking system. [39] Collision avoidance features are rapidly making their way into the new vehicle fleet. In a study of police-reported crashes, automatic emergency braking was found to reduce the incidence of rear-end crashes by 39 percent. [40]
And while Europe has seen many similar attacks - including a 2016 truck attack that killed 86 and injured 434 - the United States has also seen multiple incidents prior to Wednesday's attack.
Tailgating is the action of a driver driving behind another vehicle while not leaving sufficient distance to stop without causing a collision if the vehicle in front stops suddenly. [1] The safe distance for following another vehicle varies depending on various factors including vehicle speed, weather, visibility and other road conditions. Some ...
A masked man argued with a pair of teens at a Staten Island bagel store early Sunday, then followed them home and knifed them and another teenager, cops and law-enforcement sources said.