PROBLEM This research examines older drivers and how they rationalize and cope with their own changing psychological and physical functioning vis-à-vis self-regulation and driving. METHOD A national survey was mailed to a sample of drivers over the age of 50. An overall response rate of 53.11% was achieved, with 3,824 valid responses returned. This paper discusses the qualitative findings of ...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the profile of drivers involved in automobile accidents attending a hospital emergency department (ED) in Catanzaro (Italy). METHODS Car drivers involved in automobile accidents who were registered for emergency care between May 2003 and February 2004 were included in the study. Demographics and details of the accident were collected immediately after admitta...

ECG is accustomed for measuring the rate and periodicity of heart pulses, also the chamber’s placement and size, the existence of any injury to the heart, and the consequences of instruments or drugs wont to regulate the heart, example pacemaker. This paper demonstrates the comparison of ECG obtained from the person identification mechanism of automobile drivers beneath several physiological st...

Automobile wheels are an essential and important part of any automobile from their invention to today they have taken on various designs changes, structures, styles. Main function is carry the overall weight vehicle, resist forces & stresses created during driving transmit torque achieve required speed while driving. Wheels must well strength stiffness having durable design withstand runnin...

This paper focuses on lighting dimensioning and lighting quality of traffic lighting. The work considers the factors that are important in creating optimal lighting conditions and luminous environment for night-time driving. The work is based on simulating, measuring and analyzing traffic lighting. The work introduces a new method for road luminance measurements and analysis. For simulation of ...

It is found that some “important” twitter users’ words can influence the stock prices of certain stocks. The stock price of Tesla – a famous electric automobile company – for example, recently seen a huge rise after Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, updated his twitter about the self-driving motors. Besides, the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes dropped by about one percent after the Twitter account of ...

Recent progress in the next generation of automobile technology is geared towards incorporating information technology into cars. Collectively called smart cars are bringing intelligence to cars that provides comfort, convenience and safety. A branch of smart cars is connected-car system. The key concept in connected-cars is the sharing of driving information among cars through decentralized ma...

Autonomous navigation of robot for on-road driving has gained growing importance in automobile research area. Image based path tracking is being considered for future driving assistance. Image from a monocular camera directing in front side is used for tracking the drivable road area and road direction. Vanishing Point estimation has been considered very important in case of driver assistance s...