At this event the open source community just jumped into the drivers seat for the next major wave of technology disruption, enablement, and adoption.
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Extras: Power sliding moonroof, rear sonar system, Bose Premium Audio System, Memory System, drivers seat power lumbar support, power tilt, aluminum alloy wheels with all season tires, sport-tuned suspension, viscous limited-slip differential, sport front fascia, Infiniti hard drive nav system, XM NavTraffic, Zagat survey restaurant reviews, DVD-video playback, Infiniti Voice Recognition.
Data collected now that aren't in use yet include elevation data to calculate roadway grades, which may become a crucial metric for back-seat drivers being built into the next generation of trucks and cars.
Drivers are slack about seat belts and child-seats are rarer still.
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Police in rural Tokushima prefecture have raised an alarm about an increase in accidents caused by distracted drivers with front-seat screens, including at least one death in 2011.
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Nearly all young drivers said they wear their seat belts, and far fewer admitted to engaging in drag racing and drifting, the kind of dangerous driving done by previous generations.
Along with seat belts and designated drivers, this is how we keep our children safe.
In the old days you had to argue with French cab drivers about accommodating a fourth in the death seat.
Sports car maker Ferrari SpA, for one, has filed a patent application that indicates the company is evaluating technology that would embed wireless electrodes in a car seat's headrest to monitor drivers' brain waves for stress as they pilot machines capable of roaring up to 200 miles per hour.
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Much like squawking seat belt systems, the app is designed to remind drivers of their wrongdoing and doesn't stop the ruckus until they acknowledge it.
Brawn have now been renamed Mercedes Grand Prix and have already signed German Nico Rosberg as one of their drivers, with his compatriot Nick Heidfeld the favourite for the second seat.
Living in Saudi in a wheelchair and not being able to drive can be annoying but, I must have trained all the taxi drivers how to dimantle my wheelchair and sit it on the back seat in record time, and how helpful they are!
There's something hallucinatory about climbing these mountains - drivers on one road have talked of sensing an extra passenger in the back seat.
Ford's new Sync system, built with help from Microsoft, gives drivers the ability to control their electronics and even dictate text messages from the driver's seat.
Traffic jams, inefficient taxi drivers and long lines at the check-in all stand between you and your first-class seat or business opportunities.
U.S. driver Alexander Rossi will remain the second team reserve, but will take over Ma's seat in the GP2 championship -- which is the official feeder F1 series for the next generation of drivers.
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