Informative Speech: Ralph Teetor

Controlled smart traffic of the vehicles. The vehicles through the use of dedicated shortrange communications can communicate to the other vehicles can make decisions on the speed that they are going to be travelling at and the actions that they shall take in the situations. Also, this controlled traffic plays a major role in reduction of the accidents that happen due to human errors in traffic.

A major issue for drivers today is congestion. When a car brake, the driver behind takes a couple of seconds to react and stop. Now, this goes on and on, causing heavy traffic and wasting everyone’s irreplaceable time. Autonomous cars are expected to have a completely revamped traffic system, one lacking traffic lights and stop signs. Vehicles will be capable of communicating with each other by transferring crucial information via sensors, allowing

Each year numerous lives are lost due to careless and irrational driving. The disregard for safe driving has been a predicament to the United States of America for years. Many years Police have relied heavily on speed cameras, breathalyzer tests and heavy fines as a deterrent against unlawful drivers. Over the years fatality rates have increased, so the Department of Transportation and Highway Safety has composed a series of safe driving campaigns. On many occasions the Transportation Department informs and advises the public about the importance of responsible driving. They propagate safe driving through the various channels of the media and

The year 1963 had a bountiful number of achievements and was a time of great improvement to personal transportation style. However, the choice to put style over safety created, in the eyes of modern people, a very obvious danger. The 1963 Corvette Sting Ray was and continues to be an American symbol of the auto industry, but when taking a closer look at the car’s technology it tells a different story. Cars from 1963 differ from modern cars technologically, in regards to safety, and style. Most prominently, technology from 1963 greatly differs from modern technology.

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

Well things like OnStar and Roadside Assistance can get you out of that bad situation if it does occur. For about $17/month you can have OnStar be ready for whenever you need a tow or if your car gets stolen they’ll track it for you. And for your roadside assistance many have that through AAA [USA] or CAA [Canada] or through the insurance company you have but in my opinion, OnStar seems much better, but that is because i've had problems with my insurance company for that stuff (Top). Now what about to help you when you get t-boned by a semi or its icy out and you start sliding on the roads? Well side airbags and an ABS system will do a lot in those situations. Side airbags, self explanatory, they are airbags that are on the sides of you and keep you stable when you get into a wreck. So if you get t-boned by a semi, you probably will not be getting flung around in your car after you get hit. You are also probably wondering what an ABS is. Many cars have them including my 2000 Chevy S10. Well it’s short for Anti-Lock Brake System, it detects if a wheel is spinning faster or slower than the rest and will apply the brakes faster than a human could to keep those wheels spinning like they should. So if you start to slide, the ABS will definitely keep you going in the right direction (“Top”).

When he was twelve years old, the most significant event in his life happened to him. There was a gigantic steam engine chugging towards Henry and his father, while they were going to a city close to Detroit. It was the first time Henry had seen a self-propelled vehicle. After jumping out of his father’s wagon, he began asking the driver, Fred Reden, a lot of questions about

American culture has projected itself onto the automobile, imparting a sense of Manifest Destiny. In a car, the driver owns the road. Driving is an entitlement, a privilege, a right. The driver creates his or her own social space within the car, which becomes a symbolic boundary between the self and Other. Only friends, family, and

We have been taught since high school that distracted driving is bad and that it is an increasing problem in the United States, but according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “during daylight hours, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones while driving.” So why aren’t we listening to what we know? Are we really so caught up in ourselves that we can’t think about the huge risk we are taking when we drive distracted? With 660,000 drivers on their

Cruise control in some form or the other has been around for more than a century but initially speed control was achieved on automobiles using a centrifugal governor which was invented for the steam engine in the 1700s. The ‘modern cruise control’ as we know it today was invented by Ralph R. Teetor. Out of frustration of travelling beside his lawyer, Mr. Teetor’s invention aimed to “assist an automobile drive in maintaining the speed of the vehicle not in excess of a pre-determined speed” [Ralph, 1948].

Despite an effective way of communication, using cell phones during driving results in the distracted attention of driver increasing road safety concerns.

The positive impacts of advancements in modern technology are undeniable in our lives, but with the new technology comes new dangers. One of these new dangers is the inevitability of self-driving cars. With companies such as Tesla already having cars in production with an autopilot feature, it will not be long before other automotive companies join the new trend. Although these self-driving cars have a multitude of sensors and cameras to keep you safe will driving how would these cars react in the instance where an accident is unavoidable? In the situation where an accident is unavoidable, and no matter the choice that is made death is imminent, the people responsible for the avoidance patterning for self-driving cars should program the car

The article describes three formats of in-vehicle feedback; visual, haptic, and audio. Each of the three formats to be broke down into various systems and functions. Very similar to a database containing tables, rows, and attributes. In the visual table, there are four rows one of which is the dashboard. The dashboard contains several aids including gauges, on-board diagnostics, GPS, and lamps. The haptic table contains the break/ throttle row, were pedal pulsation will notify the operator of activated antilock-brakes or traction control. Jensen

As companies such as Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, and many others continue to advance towards the goal of self-driving cars, one cannot help but yearn for the day where they no longer have to deal with the morning commute. The stress of deciding whether to speed through the yellow light or to slow to a stop will be behind us. This is something the car can decide for you based on calculations involving your speed and distance from the light. However, in the instance that a collision is unavoidable, there are no calculations that can be used to concretely determine whether the car should swerve left into a little girl or right into someone’s grandmother. Who, then, is responsible for making these decisions? This is the issue Patrick

Additional driving options are available such as lane-departure warning, forward-collision warning synchronized with automatic emergency braking, blind-spot warning, rear cross-traffic warning, and daytime pedestrian awareness.