Many automobile drivers are aware of the driving behaviours and habits that can lead to inefficient and unsafe driving. However, it is often the case that these same drivers unknowingly exhibit these inefficient and unsafe driving behaviours in their everyday driving activity. This paper proposes a practical and economical way to capture, measure, and alert drives of inefficient and unsafe driv...

T he University of Alabama, with National Highway Transportation Safety Administration funding for traffic accident problem identification and evaluation, has developed the Critical Analysis Reporting Environment software system to analyze automobile crash data. CARE’s developers designed it for use by transportation safety engineers and policymakers, rather than trained statisticians. To date,...

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Abstract The automotive industry is dealing with rapid innovation and competition, which calls for either changing current products or replacing them more modern materials. Automobile manufacturers are currently focusing on reducing the weight in order to conserve natural resources energy. As luxury safety equipment added, of vehicle increases, reduces overall performance fuel efficiency. a res...

Abstract This paper sketches a model of product differentiation according to the hedonic hypothesis that is based on the theory of consumer behavior of Lancaster (1971). Lancaster suggested that utility is derived from the characteristics of the good and not the good itself. Thus, from the perception of the consumer, every characteristic has a price. This is the hedonic (or implicit) price. We ...

Physical human–robot interaction and cooperation has become a topic of increasing importance and of major focus in robotics research. An essential requirement of a robot designed for high mobility and direct interaction with human users or uncertain environments is that it must in no case pose a threat to the human. Until recently, quite a few attempts were made to investigate real-world threat...