Tag: PEDESTRIAN

A driver who killed a pedestrian late last year was allegedly updating her Facebook status behind the wheel, according to a lawsuit filed by the victim's family. On December 7th, 70-year-old Raymond Veloz was driving around Chicago's South Side when he got in a minor accident. When Veloz got out of his car to inspect the damage and exchange information with the driver of the other car, a woman ...

A couple of years ago, Google began blurring any pedestrian faces or vehicle license plates captured by any of its Street View cameras in response to outcries from privacy advocates around the globe. UC San Diego grad student Arturo Flores, however, thought the company could do better. So, as part of a project for one of his courses, Flores decided to create a computer vision system capable of ...

Hybrid cars may be designed to save the atmosphere, but there is growing concern that they may actually pose a health risk to a large number of people, most notably the blind. With the potential hazards of silent vehicles firmly in mind, the senatorial odd couple of John Kerry and Arlen Specter has introduced the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, according to AutoBlogGreen. The bill, ...