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Volvo Car Corp. demonstrates autonomous driving in traffic jams; traffic jam assistance system ready for production in 2014

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The new system, whereby the car automatically follows the vehicle in front in slow-moving queues up to 50 km/h (31 mph), will be ready for production in 2014. This technology makes driving more relaxed in the kind of monotonous queuing that is a less attractive part of daily driving in urban areas. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Study finds hands-free just as distracting as handheld mobile phone use behind the wheel

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Shimul (Md Mazharul) Haque, from QUT’s School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment and Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety – Queensland (. ), presented the findings at a Driving Distraction Seminar held at QUT. The study is published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 360-380 doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2016.10.006.

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Toyota highlights coming advanced driving support system to launch mid-decade; new automated vehicle technology

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The newest version of AHDA, unveiled at TASS and on display at the coming ITS World Congress, has been programmed based on actual traffic conditions in the United States and can operate at speeds of up to 70 mph (113 km/h). Lane Trace Control (LTC).

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