Cruise Control : A Real Time Automation

Engineers have been tinkering with ideas for driverless vehicles since the 1920s. In 1925 the first driverless car, named the Linrrican Wonder, was taken through traffic jams up broadway and across fifth avenue in New York. The Linrrican Wonder was controlled by a car following behind sending radio signals to small electric motors. Later, in 1953, RCA Laboratories designed a mini car that ran along wires on the floor. Five years later, they built a full sized model and demonstrated it by putting detector circuits under the road that sent signals to the car and controlled the steering and brakes. RCA

Cruise Automation, is a self-driving car, it will begin its testing’s in Manhattan in early 2018 as announced on Tuesday. They have tried to test this car in New York before but, were stopped by a law which stated a driver must keep a hand on the wheel at all times. But Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that they would be able to use one year to test out their cars. Leaders all around getting ready for the next generation of cars. This change will benefit the community extremely seeing that most car crashes are caused by human error. Many people are able to trust General Motors with this project because the company is known for testing their cars deeply before releasing them. An example for this is that they have tested their cars in San

The autonomous car has always been seen as product of the future, yet it dates back as early as the 1920s. In 1925, Houdina Radio Control introduced the first driverless car, the “Linrrican Wonder.” The car was controlled by a transmitting antenna, and a second car followed closely behind it and released radio signals that operated small electric motors within the autonomous car. The “Linrrican Wonder” was successfully able to navigate through a traffic jam in New York City without a driver. Norman Melancton Bel Geddes, an industrial designer, built upon the idea of a radio-controlled electric car in his 1939 exhibit

As a kid being able to drive is a point in our life that we can 't wait to reach. It feel like it’s a new chapter of freedom especially as teenager ranging from 16-18 years old. With the technology astronomically growing day by day our cell phones are becoming a huge distraction when driving. Drivers are putting themselves in hazardous danger, and not just them, but others surrounding them. Being able to drive could go from having a great time to a nightmare within a split of a second by looking down to a “What are you doing?”.

III. Importance – Cruise Control has made driving a bit easier. Drivers are more relaxed and are able to concentrate on the road without worrying about going over the speed limit. IV.

Heads up Display, it is a very useful feature that can not be found normally on all cars. The display is a projector that is faced to your windshield and it has a picture of your navigation system and your speed so you don't have to look down all the time to check your speed and navigation. Lane keeping assist is a feature that keeps your car in the lanes, if your car leans over off the lane to the other lane your car will automatically steer itself to the opposite direction and keep the vehicle in its lane and preventing a collision. Active Cruise Control is a feature where you can set a speed for your vehicle to go with out you using pressure on the gas pedal. The feature also detects the cars in front of your car and adjusts the speed if the vehicle in front gets too close or slows down. Lane keeping assist is a logo on your side mirrors that light up when some one is on your blind spot, it also helps you change lanes easily. Tire pressure monitor is a monitor that is always active and it checks your tire pressure if you need more air or not. Forward Collision warning is a warning that comes up on your dashboard if a car is too close to you and you have to be careful of not.

In doing so, transportation safety will increase. Current cars are already semi-automated with various technologies. The editor’s claim that in coming years the current limited technologies will be just the tip of the iceberg, since radar and laser sensors, and car-to-car computer communications will be available.

Speeding is a problem for some drivers. Everyone at some time or another has pushed “the pedal to the medal.” Unfortunately, some speeding drivers have gotten to see the blue lights in the rearview mirror. No, bank robbery probably is not the reason for the blue lights; the reason is because the speed limit was 65 mph, and the driver was enjoying an 80-mph trip down a controlled access four-lane, like Highway 68. Speeding tickets are expensive--$300-$400. (Women could purchase shoes with a matching Michael Kors purse; men could purchase that fishing rod at Cabela's.) The cruise control set at 65 could kept the driver out of this situation. Not only can the cruise control save the driver money, but also the cruise control could also save lives because speeding does contribute to accidents. Next, everyone is worried about a car’s mpg--miles per gallon. Cruise control keeps the speed constant on the vehicle; it keeps the driver from acting like Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, or Mario Andretti (whom this writer has been described as). Constant speed is a better method to save on the costs of gasoline. Cruise control does have its advantages, advantages that could save the driver money and

The Washington Post states that in a sense cars have been driverless for some time. Cruise control maintains speeds with out input from the driver and is available in most modern cars. The federal government is willing to help speed up the process by ironing out the needed regulations by hammering out the details ahead

Computers are already trusted to keep our cars from slipping and prevent wheels from locking up. Using computers to drive us around is a logical next step to take as the technology matures. As the industry advances, driverless cars will revolutionize life and make travel safer. Drunk driving can be eliminated as computers can take over for intoxicated humans. Elderly people will be able to move about as they please, without special assistance. As these systems become more advanced, and reliable, productivity will increase as less time is spent in traffic jams. According to USA Today, deaths from car accidents cost society nearly 900 billion a year. As driverless cars become more affordable, and better drivers then humans, the annual cost to society will decrease. As the lives saved by this technology will save millions of dollars in medical treatment, and keep healthy people out of the hospital and reduce the strain on emergency services from preventable

Driving a vehicle is a very complex activity that demands proper decision-making, total concentration, good co-ordination and rapid reflexes. In order to drive safely, it is essential to be alert, aware and able to make quick decisions in response to a constant rapidly changing environment.

Driving is a skill and a necessity in today’s society. As with everything that is designed to help people there are those who take advantage of it and put others in danger. According to a study done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2017) some of the most dangerous driving habits that occur in the United States are; speeding, distracted driving, and driving tired. To improve our society we need to focus on these habits and try to break them. In doing so, it will make traveling by road much safer and will reduce the number of people that are killed in motor vehicle accidents.

Generally speaking the items taken into account as vehicle speed, RPM, and throttle position as well as many other parameters. More recently developers to begin using accelerometer and global positional systems (GPS) to provide feedback to the driver (Jensen). Yet another critical component of safe driving is the human-vehicle interface (HVI), very similar to the human computer interface/ interaction (HCI). HVI is used to produce sounds, visual aids, and other forms of feedback such as the haptic steering wheel to alert the vehicle operator of the roadway conditions (traffic, construction environment, pedestrians). Since automobiles are operated by single individuals, the primary means of receiving feedback are visual. Since the introduction of HVI “the cost for real-time control systems decreases” and the new safety features provide information that hopes to improve decision-making response time (Jensen).

In 1948 the first modern cruise control was created; in fact it was invented by a mechanical

Google’s autonomous car had clocked up 1 million miles on public roads, and the researcher planned to do more road test in the future in order to expedite launch the Google’s car. (Protalinski, 2015) The technology of autonomous car is mature enough to use. In addition, the law for autonomous car has been already passed in serval states including Florida, Nevada, and Michigan. (Boeglin, 2015) It seems to be obviously that autonomous are coming into and bringing profound effect in our daily life. However, before greeting this revolutionary vehicle, there are several problems that need to be solved, such as ethical dilemma, liability and privacy problems. In this essay, which decision is moral in emergency, who will be responsible for an accident made by an autonomous car, and how much intimate information of owner can an autonomous car use will be discussed.