“Looking for Parking” will no Longer be an Excuse for Being Late to Dinner.
Looking for a parking space can be very frustrating and time consuming - you circle the block just praying that someone is leaving so that you can grab their spot.
Engineers believe that self-driving car technology can solve the parking problem - send the robot to find a space, after it drops you off at your destination and summon it back later when you’re ready to leave.
"Building owners could have high resolution maps made of their parking lots, geo-fence them, and designate them as no-human zones, so cars can do their thing. It'll be just like dropping your car at a valet stand, except you don't have to dig around for singles. More cars will fit into each lot: Because doors don't need to be opened, the vehicles can squeeze tightly together."
Read the article at Wired.
Ford’s Commercial Vehicle Leadership
With the new 2019 Transit Connect cargo van, Ford’s commercial vehicle leadership was once again on display at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis.
Crash Rates and Costs Increasing — Frequency Drives Severity
By Art Liggio, President and CEO, Driving Dynamics
During the 2016 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting, chairman and CEO Warren Buffett was asked about the declining financial performance of GEICO, an insurer owned by Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett responded, “Last year both frequency—how often people had accidents, and severity, which is the cost per accident—both of those went up quite suddenly and substantially.”
What are the underlying causes for these increases? In last month’s Safety & Risk column, we took a look at influencing factors driving significant increases in crash cost severity, which included:
ARI Looks at Client Engagement Built Around New Technologies
ARI is looking at how to best use new technologies - including Alexa - as they work to continually improve client engagement.
Motiv Debuts Its New All-Electric Chassis
Motiv debuted its new all-electric chassis — which is able to seamlessly drop into a truck or bus manufacturer’s assembly line - at this year’s Work Truck Show.
