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Aggressive driving also negatively impacts the environment as it burns 37% more fuel and produces more toxic fumes. [6] Aggressive driving (abrupt acceleration and frequent slamming on of the brakes) also emits more carbon than a calmer approach. Calm driving would save nearly half a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2050 in China alone. [5]
A high-capacity urban road designed to deliver traffic at the highest possible level of service. At-grade intersection A junction at which two or more roads cross at the same level or grade. Automobile. See car. Automotive vehicle. See Motor vehicle. Autonomous vehicle. See self-driving car. Auxiliary route A highway that supplements a major or ...
A crash test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows the damage to a compact Ford Focus struck by a Ford Explorer SUV Side impact NCAP test of a 2007 Saturn Outlook. This NHTSA collision test shows what happens when a Volkswagen New Beetle slides sideways into a utility pole or a tree.
New distracted driving PSA is a must watch. ... New distracted driving PSA makes highly emotional impact. Melanie Potter. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:39 PM. Texting and Driving Simulator.
Driving under the influence (DUI) is the offense of driving, operating, or being in control of a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs (including recreational drugs and those prescribed by physicians), to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely. [1]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety proposes restrictions for new drivers, [64] including a "curfew" imposed on young drivers to prevent them driving at night, an experienced supervisor to chaperone the less experienced driver, forbidding the carrying of passengers, zero alcohol tolerance, raising the standards required for driving ...
Waymo is recalling more than 600 self-driving vehicles after one of them struck a telephone pole in Arizona. The recall includes 672 vehicles, which is the entire fleet. The National Highway ...
These risky driving behaviors are associated with depression as contributing factors to vehicular suicide. [9] Impact velocity may be maximized by exceeding speed limits or by maneuvering into a head-on collision with a heavier and less maneuverable vehicle like a bus or semi-trailer truck. Crash investigators found head-on collisions with ...