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Google’s Cute-As-A-Bug Electric Buggy Released In California Part IV

  Update: Governor Jerry Brown has signed the bill into law, making Google’s driverless cars street legal in the state of California. Google’s fleet of self-driving Toyota Prius hybrids have now logged more than 300,000 miles on California public roadways without so much as a fender-bender, the company says. Now California Gov. Jerry Brown is poised to sign a piece …

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Google’s Cute-As-A-Bug Electric Buggy Released In California Part III

Autonomous, that is, within certain human-defined limits. Google’s custom-built prototypes will be electronically limited to 25 mph and will never go on highways. They will be designed as “neighborhood” vehicles under U.S. regulations, exempting them from many crash-safety standards. And they will have emergency buttons for pulling over and shutting down. “We’ve built in occupant …

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Google’s Cute-As-A-Bug Electric Buggy Released In California Part II

  Google ultimately may try supplying its software and maps to the mainstream auto industry, but car-sharing could offer the company and its technology a more direct route to the marketplace. “All along, we’ve all been speculating about Google,” said consultant Richard Bishop, who led the U.S. Department of Transportation’s vehicle automation program in the …

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Study Done By NHTSA Says Car Crashes Impact On US Reaches $871 Billion Part III

The economic cost of motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. is the equivalent of 1.9 percent of the $14.96 trillion gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010. Factors contributing to the price tag include productivity losses, property damage, medical and rehabilitation costs, congestion costs, legal and court costs, emergency services, insurance administration costs and the costs …

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Study Done By NHTSA Says Car Crashes Impact On US Reaches $871 Billion Part II

Speeding: Crashes involving a speeding vehicle traveling faster than the posted speed limit or too fast for conditions accounted for 21 percent of the total economic loss and cost the nation $59 billion in 2010, an average cost of $191 for every person in the U.S. Including lost quality of life, these crashes were responsible for …

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Study Done By NHTSA Says Car Crashes Impact On US Reaches $871 Billion Part I

As a PDR Technician, you should be interested in these facts. For one, collision repair statistics and studies are paramount to the success of your business. Knowing what the statistics are provides you a greater understanding that the incorrect rumors that say ‘Collision Repair is being phased out’ is as far from the truth. The …

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So Why Are All Of The Big American Car Companies In Detroit? Part II

In the early years, there was no way to know that Detroit would come to dominate the car industry. There were 69 companies that entered the auto industry between 1895 and 1900 and all were found right there in Detroit. Olds Motor Works became the city’s first major car maker when it relocated from Lansing …

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