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One of a series of safety research vehicles produced by British Leyland in the 1970s including a pedestrian-friendly bonnet. In May 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that more than 270,000 pedestrians lose their lives on the world’s roads each year, accounting for 22% of the total 1.24 million road traffic deaths.
Pedestrian crash avoidance mitigation (PCAM) systems (USDOT Volpe Center [1]), also known as pedestrian protection or detection systems, use computer and artificial intelligence technology to recognize pedestrians and bicycles in an automobile's path to take action for safety.
The 2011 Nissan Leaf was the first electric car equipped with Nissan's Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians called 'Canto'.. Electric vehicle warning sounds are sounds designed to alert pedestrians to the presence of electric drive vehicles such as hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) travelling at low speeds.
The number of pedestrian deaths has risen substantially in the last decade. A proposed vehicle rule aims to reduce pedestrian head injury risk. Vehicles should better protect against pedestrian ...
Old style bull bar (This is actually a winch bumper, and was not affected by the legislation regarding FPS) New, pedestrian-friendly Frontal Protection System A frontal protection system (FPS) is a device fitted to the front end of a vehicle to protect both pedestrians and cyclists who are involved in the unfortunate event of a front-end collision with a vehicle.
A new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says vehicles with higher hoods like pickup trucks are more likely to injure or kill pedestrians in impacts.