For the city test, the cars are driven on an 11-mile, stop-and-go journey at an average speed of 20 miles per hour that lasts 31 minutes and includes 23 stops.
With an assigned time and path, these lightweight, self-guided cars would proceed steadily through crowded intersections without all the stop-and-go that chokes roadways and saps fuel efficiency.
"The merry-go-round will stop, and they are not all going to get financing, " said Eric Thompson, a managing director at Kroll Bond Rating Agency.
This process was dubbed "stop-go, " and left Britain the sick man of Europe.
This is an excuse often given for the maddeningly slow pace of reform in India, its stop-go cycles and its constant back-pedalling.
This nutritional stop-go cycle still afflicts large areas of the globe.
Moreover, whether in the stop-go traffic of the daily rush hour or on the motorway, the system relies on having a car in front that is travelling to the same destination.
With both sides falling foul of referee Rob Debney and conceding a stream of penalties at rucks and scrums the match was a stop-go, error-strewn affair from the fifth minute front-row flare-up which handed Cipriani his opening penalty.
While some Indian consumers still prefer to have their furniture custom-made or go to small-time retailers, many appear to be embracing the one-stop-shop concept.
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Within 60 seconds, I felt calm and collected, ready to face the 33 miles of stop-and-go ahead.
Its nickel metal hydride battery provides small bursts of power in stop-and-go traffic.
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In stop-and-go traffic, the array of sensors and cameras keeps an eye on cars around you, knowing when to accelerate and when to brake.
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The production tax credit given to wind, for example, has become a bargaining chip that results in an unhealthy stop-and-go economic system, says van Nispen.
Training with resistance bands, Rice has been able to improve his ability to stop-and-go and work on position-specific drills to become a faster and stronger football player.
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Moreover, Carrefour's stop-and-go policy of cutting prices in the first half of the year and raising them in the run-up to the Christmas season irritated customers, who voted with their feet.
By definition it applies to those who frequently drive in stop-and-go traffic, live in extremely hot or cold climates or dusty areas or who tow a trailer (in other words, the majority of motorists).
Cars that can "see" the road, sense potential dangers and steer, brake and control speed automatically could ease the drudgery of stop-and-go traffic or long drives, and prevent many accidents caused by drowsy, inattentive or impaired drivers.
He came out of the experience with zero time spent on the highway, absolutely no idea how to conduct an evasive steering maneuver, modulate the brakes, turn out of a skid or, for that matter, patiently negotiate stop-and-go driving.
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The two other stop-and-frisk-related cases in front of Judge Scheindlin are a lawsuit over trespassing in public housing projects and a class-action suit challenging the constitutionality of the broader stop-and-frisk practice, which is slated to go to trial in March.
Yes the traffic is stop-and-go.
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If significant numbers of autonomous vehicles are on the road, they could even be used collectively to control the flow of traffic, which might help minimize traffic jams, thereby decreasing commute times and avoiding all that stop-and-go traffic that wears down vehicles and it bad for the environment.
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Borschberg said the plane's creators are close to being able to launch the non-stop flights needed to go around the world.
The business model of these companies is to entice the on-the-go, errand running consumer to stop in and pick up a burger (or taco) when the hunger strikes.
And I fervently hope, that as the years go on, people stop cherry-picking science to bolster their belief that only a few people are.
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