Perspective: Level 4 Vehicle Automation
Posted on Feb 22, 2016 in Perspective | Comments Off on Perspective: Level 4 Vehicle Automation
In May 2015, Freightliner’s Inspiration Truck began operating on Nevada highways at what the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines as Level 3 of autonomous vehicle capability. Make no mistake, Level 3 and Level 4 capabilities are both autonomous. The difference between Level 3 and Level 4, as described by NHTSA, is Level 3 design allows for a vehicle to...
U.S. Traffic Fatalities Experience Surge in 2015
Posted on Feb 19, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on U.S. Traffic Fatalities Experience Surge in 2015
The National Safety Council (NSC), an organization that tracks traffic deaths in the United States, recently released statistics showing a surge in traffic deaths last year. The NSC’s data indicates 2015 experienced the largest percentage increase in highway fatalities in the last 50 years. 38,300 people died on U.S. roads in 2015, and approximately 4.4 million others were...
Louisiana Aggressively Pursuing Fines for Driving Without Auto Insurance
Posted on Feb 16, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Louisiana Aggressively Pursuing Fines for Driving Without Auto Insurance
The State of Louisiana has implemented new means for the state’s Office of Motor Vehicles (“OMV”) to collect fines from individuals driving without auto insurance. The OMV recently turned over fine collection to the state’s Office of Debt Recovery. The Office of Debt Recovery is the state’s collection agency and is empowered to collect OMV fines by extracting money from bank...
Autonomous Vehicles and Friday’s Trivia Question
Posted on Feb 12, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Autonomous Vehicles and Friday’s Trivia Question
Today I was driving my car on a Connecticut three lane divided highway. I was in the middle lane and a highway department truck was stopped up ahead. A brave construction worker standing outside of said truck took a shovel full of asphalt and threw it into a pothole in the middle lane of moving traffic. One has to wonder about the reactions to those scenarios when some vehicles are...
New Taxes to Support Autonomous Vehicles
Posted on Feb 11, 2016 in Industry News | Comments Off on New Taxes to Support Autonomous Vehicles
The Obama Administration has proposed a budget that includes a $10-per-barrel tax on oil, the stated purpose of which is to fund autonomous cars and improve traffic. This plan would provide over $2 billion per year for research on clean transportation, autonomous vehicles, and smart vehicle technologies, as well as an additional $20 billion a year to reduce traffic.
