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European Cycling Federation report about motor vehicles

Posted on October 15, 2019 by jsallen

See https://ecf.com/what-we-do/road-safety/motor-vehicle-regulation-safer-cycling Generally good stuff. I like the call for automatic emergency braking. This will prevent rear-end collisions, and can potentially eliminate the right hook — though not the screened left cross. Automated speed control with an override for emergencies … Continue reading →

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Self-balancing motorcycle

Posted on January 9, 2017 by jsallen

Road and Track magazine has reported on a self-balancing motorcycle from Honda. How does the motorcycle balance itself? As shown in videos with the Road and Track article, the front fork is hinged so the front wheel can move forward, … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts about self-driving cars

Posted on July 25, 2015 by jsallen

Google’s report on its self-driving cars: http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en/us/selfdrivingcar/files/reports/report-0515.pdf — no longer available. Here is an updated version. Most than half of the collisions reported in this document are slow-speed rear-enders of the Google cars. That’s unusual. It might be that the … Continue reading →

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