The experts who participated in the workshop held at the Technion in road safety research discussed infrastructure, road users, technology and policy
"This year there is a significant decrease in the number of traffic accidents and the number of fatalities in traffic accidents. We are happy and welcome this, but we must scientifically investigate what led to this, so that this trend will continue in the years to come." This is what Avi Naor, founder of the "Green Light" association, said at a scientific workshop held at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technion.
Professor Shalom Hekert of the Technion, the scientific director of the Ran Naor Foundation for the Advancement of Road Safety Research, said that in the future the use of public transportation and bicycles will almost certainly increase, at the expense of the use of private cars, cars will have navigation systems and mobile information systems, and the speed of the car will be limited from the outside with the help of technological speed adapters and a device inside The vehicle that will not allow the driver to exceed the speed limit. "The technology already looks quite solid," he emphasized, "but there is still no public support for the integration of this technology on a large scale. I believe that many studies are still needed on the subject of speed management from a variety of different angles," he added.
Professor Kert also referred to the aging of the population in Israel and around the world. "This has implications for the population's involvement in accidents and this requires attention from the decision-making direction, from a technical point of view and from a research point of view," he said. "The main effect of the aging population will be the involvement of older drivers in accidents. It is likely that it will be necessary to adjust the state of the infrastructure to the limitations of older drivers and pedestrians. This requires an adjustment of the size of the letters, the planning of intersections, components related to road signs, an improvement in street lighting and improved infrastructure."
The experts who participated in the workshop discussed infrastructure, road users, technology and policy. The workshop was organized by the Ran Naor Foundation for the Promotion of Road Safety Research, Or Yerok Association, the Ran Naor Center for Road Safety Research and the Shmuel Naaman Institute.
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several questions:
1. If the police are chasing me I have to speed up. What to do? 🙂
2. (Host of the universe) Aren't there any blonde girls?
3. (Honor of the Universe) Where are the Shas corridors?
4. When it will exist, you have to make sure that it will not be possible to "bypass" the system in a common garage (and Eddie Joes?).
The guide of the universe, speed control is a device that is suitable for a very small number of roads in Israel such as Route Six...
Not long ago I was driving on US roads and I noticed a relatively new phenomenon where most vehicles drive on a highway at the same speed, and with almost identical distances. There are almost no detours, and a car that behaves differently, looks like a blonde in the corridors of Shas. The trip is much less tiring, you can be more relaxed.
It seems to me that the cruise control system (speed control), which has become available even in simple cars, makes a big difference.
It's a shame that in Israel such an accessory still appears only in luxury cars, instead of declaring it as a safety accessory
Finally, people with common sense, everyone who I try to tell that automatic driving is the future, and is the best way to reduce road accidents to a minimum, does not listen to me or goes to the end of my mind...
The question that should be is which country will be the first and pioneer in the field? Unfortunately, Israel probably won't be...
And what's strange is that the technology already exists... how is it logical that there is a way to save hundreds of thousands of people a year and no one picks up the glove? (yes, yes, this is a rhetorical question, it's all because of money and rich interests)
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The solution of an automatic car sounds excellent to me so that while driving you can read and learn
keep up to date on the science website, etc. and then everyone is calm, no one is overtaking, no one is in a hurry.
I agree with the reservations, but I tend to assume that the workshop participants are also aware of the problems and still do not recommend anything because, as it is written - "I believe that many studies are still needed on the topic of speed management from a variety of different angles".
It is possible, for example, that what you are thinking about is a mechanism that will also prevent *going* to an unsafe bypass.
Truly, a comprehensive computerized solution is the safest and most effective solution, and I know that in some cities a project of "horizontal elevators" is being planned that will allow a person to type in the destination of his trip and wait instead for an automatic van (hanging) to arrive and take him to the district of his choice.
So in order not to have your bike stolen, write down the license plate number in "Do not steal"
http://www.lotignov.com
I agree with one, sometimes there are situations in which it is necessary to increase speed above the speed limit, if it is a detour or if it is an emergency situation. For Dodge, they don't always correctly assess the overtaking and get into a situation of real danger, so they have to increase speed (even if it breaks the law). He thought to point out that the law is intended to protect human life and not to limit and harm, certainly not in dangerous situations.
The solution: fully automatic driving, every vehicle is aware of its surroundings. There is no need to detour at all because the vehicle will travel at the maximum possible speed. Automated driving will lead to faster driving
It's just a shame that they don't remove all private vehicles, we don't need private vehicles. You don't need an improvement of a private car, you need an improvement in the quality, availability, speed, and comfort of public transportation
If you are going to overtake, and know in advance that you will exceed the speed limit, then the overtake is probably unnecessary (and also illegal).
If you know in advance that the speed is limited, you will not take such detours.
If you absolutely must overtake, then it is possible to set the speed in the vehicle for short periods of a few seconds.
Every driver knows that sometimes when you go overtaking and you want to finish it as quickly as possible and return safely to the right lane, then there is simply no choice and you have to go a little over the speed limit, otherwise the overtaking will take much longer, which creates a dangerous situation in the event that cars are coming in front! Automatic speed limit in situations like overtaking can only cause more accidents!
The ultimate solution will be cars that are completely automatically controlled by computers and take the human driver out of this loop.