High-tech options include adaptive cruise control, rear parking assist with cross-path detection and a lane departure system that not only alerts you if the vehicle drifts out of the lane, but gently guides you back between the lane markers.
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Meanwhile your vehicle can sense highway lane markers and the position of the car ahead.
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These systems use camera images or near-range radar to determine the direction and position of the vehicle in relation to lane markings.
More reassuring to Spanish taxpayers is Maiden Lane, a vehicle created by the New York Federal Reserve to house assets owned by Bear Stearns and AIG that have turned out to be less toxic than expected.
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In Ohio on Sunday, a sport utility vehicle veered off a two-lane road into a pond, killing six of eight teenage occupants.
One day, the company's engineers hope, drive-by-wire could link to the fancy cruise-control, lane-maintenance and vehicle-separation systems that are already being used in some Mercedes models.
Some cars also now have adaptive headlights that improve night-time visibility by pivoting around bends, as well as instruments that warn of a potential collision or when a vehicle drifts out of a motorway lane.
Previously, prosecutors had alleged Jones had driven too fast as her vehicle approached a blind bend on Division Lane on 11 July.
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One of the many puzzling aspects of the case is the fact that the Range Rover was not iced over - unlike Mr Jiggins' and Mr Theobald's own vehicle - despite apparently having been in the lane on a freezing night since 7pm the previous evening.
The thieves drove to Clock Lane where they were found because the vehicle was fitted with a tracker.
Another especially important consideration for SUVs, according to Shenhar, is accident avoidance, including the effectiveness of the braking system, how nimbly the vehicle can be steered around obstacles in an abrupt lane-change maneuver, and how secure and forgiving the handling is.
An unmanned level crossing on Langham Lane, Ashwell, is also shut after a vehicle and crashed into the barriers.
Bilal Khizar was on a crossing near Asda on Rooley Lane in Bradford when he was hit by the vehicle on Saturday.
When asked, some study participants expressed strong interest in having a vehicle that could drive itself, particularly for long trips when lane centering and full-speed range adaptive cruise control could help lighten the driver's workload.
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The vehicle, which belongs to Polish firm Skat, became stuck between two walls in Sanctuary Lane in Brompton Regis at about 19:00 GMT on Thursday.
If another vehicle swerves in front of Junior, for instance, the robotic Volkswagen Passat will leave its lane--or even the road--to avoid a crash.
Between the blind-spot monitoring system, the active lane-keeping, the adaptive cruise control (maintaining a set distance to the vehicle ahead), and the "precollision" system, which uses internal cameras to monitor drivers' faces for signs of inattention, the GS350 is about as close to an automated auto as you'll find on the market.
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Mrs Kamte's book provides a detailed account of how the policemen ended up in a lane near the Cama hospital, where they were killed when two of the gunmen ambushed their vehicle.
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