FleetWatch Systems and mobile app solution LifeSaver have launched the new ‘Cell Restrict’ solution in a bid to combat distracted driving among commercial drivers who are at particular risk of involvement in serious accidents. The drivers are prone to risk due to disproportionately long hours on the road and high ...
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Keysight Advances Autonomous Driving Safety with New Automotive Radar Test Solution
US-based Keysight Technologies is set to advance autonomous driving safety with the launch of its new automotive radar signal analysis and generation solution. The new Keysight E8740A, which leverages the company’s experience in mmWave technology by providing signal analysis from 3Hz to 110GHz in a continuous sweep, enables radar-based, driver-assistance ...
Read More »Mutualink and TrafficLand to provide real-time traffic camera access
Interoperability solutions company Mutualink has announced a partnership to enable its customers gain direct access to real-time traffic camera video across the US, through TrafficLand. Under the partnership, which is part of Mutualink’s national interoperability network, emergency response agencies and support entities can access and view live traffic camera feeds ...
Read More »New law to develop smarter motorway drivers in UK
The amendments allow learners to drive on motorways before appearing for the test. The learners’ first experience of driving at higher speeds was previously restricted to using dual carriageways. After qualifying in their driving test, they received the permission to drive on a motorway. With the new ...
Read More »Lasers could enable autonomous vehicles to see around corners
In the report ‘Confocal non-line-of-sight imaging based on the light-cone transform’, published yesterday in Nature, the team describes how they set up a laser next to a photon detector which can record a single particle of light. The laser then shoots light, which is invisible to the human eye, off ...
Read More »Dubai RTA expands smart pedestrian signals installations
The implementation of the project forms part of RTA’s Smart City initiatives. RTA Traffic and Roads Agency CEO Maitha bin Adai said: “Smart Pedestrian Signals had been installed in several hotspots of Dubai, including Al Muraqqabat, Al Rigga, Al Mankhoul, Baniyas, 2nd of December Street, Al Maktoum and Sheikh ...
Read More »UK drivers fined for using mobiles while driving
On 1 March last year, the penalties for using phones during driving doubled from £100 and three penalty points to £200 and six points. The list of penalised motorists also includes 500 novice drivers who had their licences revoked for using phones while driving. An additional 1,997 motorists were fined ...
Read More »Toyota to form $2.84bn company to advance self-driving research
In this regard, the company has concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aisin Seiki and Denso Corporation (Denso) to jointly develop fully integrated, production-quality software for automated driving. The new company is expected to employ 1,000 people through external recruitment and transfer of staff from associated companies and units. ...
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