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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA / ˈ n ɪ t s ə / NITS-ə) [7] is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation, focused on automobile safety regulations.
The history of working on vehicle-to-vehicle communication projects to increase safety, reduce accidents and driver assistance can be traced back to the 1970s with projects such as the US Electronic Road Guidance System (ERGS) and Japan's CACS. [7]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (www.safercar.gov) ratings (5dr): [26] Passenger: Driver: Side Impact Front: Side Impact Rear: Rollover Rating: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (www.safercar.gov) ratings (4dr): [27] Passenger: Driver: Side Impact Front: Side Impact Rear: Rollover Rating:
Takata Corporation (タカタ株式会社, Takata Kabushiki Gaisha) was a Japanese automotive parts company. The company had production facilities on four continents, with its European headquarters located in Germany. [4]
The reliance on data that describes the outside environment of the vehicle, compared to internal data, differentiates ADAS from driver-assistance systems (DAS). [8] ADAS rely on inputs from multiple data sources, including automotive imaging, LiDAR, radar, image processing, computer vision, and in-car networking.
From 2002 to 2009, many defect petitions were made to the NHTSA regarding unintended acceleration in Toyota and Lexus vehicles, but many Many? How "many"? [weasel words] of them were determined to be caused by pedal misapplication, [citation needed] and the NHTSA noted that there was no statistical significance showing that Toyota vehicles had more SUA incidents than other manufacturers.
A Vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) is a proposed type of mobile ad hoc network (MANET) involving road vehicles. [1] VANETs were first proposed [2] in 2001 as "car-to-car ad-hoc mobile communication and networking" applications, where networks could be formed and information could be relayed among cars.
The terms "active" and "passive" are simple but important terms in the world of automotive safety. "Active safety" is used to refer to technology assisting in the prevention of a crash and "passive safety" to components of the vehicle (primarily airbags, seatbelts and the physical structure of the vehicle) that help to protect occupants during a crash.