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New Honda Accord Drives Itself
pmenefee writes "Japanese car manufacturer Honda has launched a new self-driven car. Dubbed Honda Accord ADAS, the vehicle can change gears and steer itself around bends. While the auto-pilot function will currently only operate on motorways and dual carriageways, officials at Honda believe that future ADAS models will tackle all roads."
If you had seen the previous story, you'd know this system is only legal in England and Japan.
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You need to log on to the Honda UK website- because this tech is only legal in England.
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It's a road with separated lanes. Apparently called a divided highway in the US.
They usually have two lanes on each side.
Yes, we drive carriages on the road, in exactly the same way that you drive highs
down your highways, while ensuring that you keep your frees onto the freeway.
A dual carriageway is a road which is not a motorway which has a physical divider
(ie not just a white line painted on the road) between vehicles heading in different
directions. A single carriageway is a road which just has the white line.
There are different regulations and speed limits on the two. Unless told other wise
you can travel at 70 down a dual carriageway, but only 60 down a single. (Actually,
it also depends on the kind of vehicle--minibus can only go 50 on a single, 60 on a dual).
Phil
Then don't use the system! Devices that make it easier for drivers to not pay attention to what they're doing need to make sure that safety is addressed. The car won't beep if you don't turn the system on, or if you buy a car without it. I would want to know, if I'm not actively controlling the car, that the computer is working at doing that job and that the impression of being under control isn't false.
Similarly, aircraft have indicators that let the pilots know that the autopilot is in control and what mode the autopilot is in. It's kind of important to know for sure that a vehicle that can and will kill you if it crashes is under control by either a human or an automation system.
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Not to be confused with a 'two-lane' road which has one carriageway divided into four (two in each direction).
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What the hell? You're from england? That's total crap.
A dual carriageway is a road, seperated by *something* in the middle, that has 2 lanes going one way, and 2 lanes going the other. Unlike a motorway, they do not usually have a hardshoulder. The maximum speed limit on a dual carriageway, like a motorway, is 70mph, unless otherwise stated.
Learner drivers aren't allowed on motorways, but they are allowed on dual carriageways. On a dual carriageway you are required to stay in the left hand land unless you need to overtake or the path ahead of you is hard to pass (slow sunday driver for example)
It's not total crap; look it up in your highway code - there is such a thing, for example, as a three-lane dual-carriageway.
You're right in what people colloquially refer to, though.
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I'm sure I could sue my friend too if I was a passenger when he crashed. But somehow, it seems to usually fall on the insurance company to pay the medical bills, and all they care about is that the safest driver is behind the wheel. I imagine that if there is a genuine reduction in crashes, insurance companies will provide incentives to cover these types of vehicles instead of more unreliable human drivers.
As I've said in two sibling posts a dual carrageway = a divided highway, hope that helps. Any othe time you don't understan us Brits go here: http://www.effingpot.com/ "The American's guide to speaking British."
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