Please be kind to senior drivers… how will you feel one day, some punk zipping around you when you’re 76, what it’ll feel like to have your licence taken away… become isolated at home.
Read it online at Autonet.
… more than two-thirds of seniors say driving their vehicle is their main source of transportation, and as little as 4% of them use public transport.
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There’s a very expensive luxury sedan segment you don’t see advertised, the Security segment.
BMW Security, Mercedes S-Guard, Audi A8 Security,
Take their largest sedan, add plating, ballistic and new windows, cameras with night vision, instantly seal the cabin for gas attacks, and keep it looking like the regular model – security through obscurity.
Read in on Autonet.ca
Masking the armour beneath factory finishings, so the car looks identical to the non-armoured model.
I’d go for the vehicle’s traffic… follow behind, laptop and antennae on the passenger seat, see what you can capture…maybe steal some passwords, or take some data and hold it for ransom, copy photos for blackmail, you get it.
Related: Wenet armoured car shopping
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All new 2014 vehicles now ship with a an EDR – Event Data Recorder, or, “black box.”
It constantly records information while the car is in motion, but only saves it in the event of a crash, a few seconds in total.
Information the EDR records: vehicle speed and acceleration, throttle and brake positions, ignition cycles, seat belt usage, velocity changes throughout a collision, and airbag deployment.
More sophisticated EDRs are arriving, which also record GPS data, seat position and steering, plus they continuously save the information.
Read it online at Autonet.ca
My Prediction – EDRs & Car Insurance – 2nd last paragraph
I predict insurance companies will start to use the data, something like, “connect your EDR to our system, and reduce your monthly cost by paying for insurance only when you drive!
Here comes the “Connected Car”. It’s going to be huge guys.
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A real life pattern-recognition machine! She predicts upcoming trends, then suggests to Ford how to best prepare for them. For someone with a blog section dedicated to Predictions ya, so into it.
Meet Sheryl Connelly, who was delightful.
Read it online at Autonet.
Trends move slower than we think, about three years at a time, while a fad comes and goes quickly. Example: jeans are a trend, while the style of jeans (e.g. skinny or bootcut) are a fad.
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Tires, braking, snow plows and sensors – tips for driving during this year’s never-ending winter. Check the sensors!
Read it online at Autonet.ca.
When was the last time checked any of the sensors before climbing behind the wheel and relying on them?
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