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Wakaba mark Shoshinsha mark displayed on a Suzuki Alto Lapin. The shoshinsha mark (初心者マーク) or Wakaba mark (若葉マーク), officially Beginner Drivers' Sign (初心運転者標識, Shoshin Untensha Hyōshiki), is a green and yellow V-shaped symbol that beginner drivers in Japan must display at the designated places at the front and the rear of their cars for one year after they ...
This is an advanced driver-assistance feature available in most high-end cars, mainly in European vehicles. An example algorithm for traffic-sign detection. Modern traffic-sign recognition systems are being developed using convolutional neural networks, mainly driven by the requirements of autonomous vehicles and self-driving cars. In these ...
The Smith System is a defensive driving strategy [1] created in 1952 by Harold L. Smith. [2] [3] Smith's goal was to increase the safety of commercial drivers. [2]After he opened the Safeway Driving School in Detroit in 1948, [4] Smith established the Smith System Driver Improvement Institute in 1952.
11th edition of the MUTCD, published December 2023. In the United States, road signs are, for the most part, standardized by federal regulations, most notably in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and its companion volume the Standard Highway Signs (SHS).
Before the development of reflective plastics, reflectivity was provided by glass reflectors set into the lettering and symbols. New generations of traffic signs based on electronic displays can also change their text (or, in some countries, symbols) to provide for "intelligent control" linked to automated traffic sensors or remote manual input.
Its official name is "aged driver sign" (高齢運転者標識, kōrei untensha hyōshiki). The law decrees that when a person who is aged 70 and over drives a car and if their old age could affect the driving, they should endeavor to display this mark on both the front and rear of the car. Drivers aged 75 and over are obliged to display the mark.
Driving simulators are used for entertainment as well as in training of driver's education courses taught in educational institutions and private businesses. They are also used for research purposes in the area of human factors and medical research, to monitor driver behavior, performance, and attention and in the car industry to design and ...
The official typeface for road signs in India is Transport. [2] Though sometimes, road signs may use hand-painted fonts, but some road signs in India also unofficially use Arial or Highway Gothic. Most urban roads and state highways have signs in the state language and English. National highways have signs in the state language, Hindi and English.