Ford's outfitted the Fusion Energi with a dizzying array of driver-assist tech, including a lane-keeping system, adaptive cruise control, driver alert system, active park assist, rear camera, blind-spot indicator system with cross-traffic alert and pull-drift compensation (phew).
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Extras: On my test cars additional features included the moonlight blue metallic paint, allroad Premium Plus Model with auto-dimming interior mirror with compass, auto-dimming power-folding, heated exterior mirrors, Audi music interface with iPod cable, Bluetooth, driver information system, heated front seats with driver memory, HomeLink garage door opener, Audi xenon pluse lighting with LED DRL, three-zone climate control and power tailgate.
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Ergonomics engineers eliminated the traditional center stack, developing an intuitive driver interface system that allows the HCD-14 driver to better keep his eyes on the road.
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Designed as a driver assist system, the automated vehicle can accommodate multiple driving scenarios.
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The potential dysfunction of the immune system as a driver for abnormalities in the nervous system has researchers interested in a possible link.
Each and every driver in the system's active speakers is powered by its own amplifier.
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It also had no formal driver defect reporting system in place, where employees are required to visually inspect vehicles for defects.
The solution: More computational horsepower to speed up response times, and features designed to reassure the driver that the system knows a button was pushed.
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Fujitsu hopes to have resolved those reliability concerns with donated software contributions to the Linux systems maintained by Red Hat (nasdaq: RHAT - news - people ) and Novell (nasdaq: NOVL - news - people ), including fault-resilient driver software and system crash analyzers.
According to reports, the system installs a driver that gives it low-level access to PC hardware drivers and system resources.
That said, a driver confronting a customer about a previous rating is a major offense and could potentially be grounds for removing a driver off the Uber system.
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On the trip back to their hotel, the coach driver unplugged the navigation system and, with the help of a passenger and an atlas, made it back to Ostend.
Two-way viewing will allow two different video streams to fill the entire screen simultaneously, so that left and right viewers can be watching two separate feeds (think: driver monitoring a navigation system, while passenger watches DVD).
Ecclestone wants to introduce a new system whereby the driver with most race victories would be champion.
Paired with voice recognition software, the driver could even ask the system for directions or more details.
The cars have no human driver and no remote control system - everything from sensors to navigation is handled by an onboard computer.
After the camera system captured each driver's license plate, the bill for the toll would be assessed electronically, with the assistance of motor-vehicle departments from around the country.
This assistance system gives the driver a visual and acoustic warning of recognized obstacles, prepares him for braking action and assists him with the braking process as the situation requires.
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Mr Metcalfe apologised to the council but said the driver told him his navigation system did not give any warning about the concrete tracks, which guide buses along parts of Cambridgeshire.
Proposing the scrapping of the present system, Ms Driver suggested that it should be replaced by a standard payment to schools for all children of a similar age, wherever they lived in England and Wales.
Coupled with advances in vehicle sensor technology and driver assistance systems, such a system would enable safer roads.
In Austria, Ars Electronica, a collaborative behind a digital arts festival, museum and lab, helped Siemens develop a car navigation system that shows the driver a video of the street rather than a map.
"Catching increased numbers of speeding motorists is not the aim and we hope that community representatives and road users will welcome the influence this system will have on driver behaviour and speed, " he said.
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In Austria, Ars Electronica, a collaborative behind a digital arts festival, museum and lab, helped Siemens (nyse: SI - news - people ) develop a car navigation system that shows the driver a video of the street rather than a map.
It is a major driver of faster communication channels and quicker system responses.
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And because the system knows exactly where each driver is, it won't drown drivers in a running commentary about what's happening on the other side of town (unless the other side of town is the destination they have programmed into their navigation systems).
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Through the combination of calendar and navigation functions, for example, the system would know if the driver is running late due to traffic, so it could automatically ask if the driver wants to contact the parties of upcoming meetings and inform them about the delay.
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Arizona has its own form and an online system to register when renewing a driver's license.
If the system detects suspicious behaviour, the driver is alerted automatically by a report to his or her smartphone.
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