pedestrian safety Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:03:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Renault Offers Electric Vehicles in Three Tones https://www.greenoptimistic.com/renault-offers-electric-vehicles-three-tones-20140102/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/renault-offers-electric-vehicles-three-tones-20140102/#respond Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:03:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44873 Electric vehicles are just shy of being silent which, in a noise-rich urban setting, can be major pedestrian hazard. Bicycles are also silent, but the chance of injury or death due to bicycle impact are just shy of 0%, on account of the fact that they don’t weigh much more than the rider. Electric vehicles, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/renault-offers-electric-vehicles-three-tones-20140102/feed/ 0 44873 Future Airbags to Protect Pedestrians, Too https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airbags-for-pedestrian-safety-too-20130207/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airbags-for-pedestrian-safety-too-20130207/#respond Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:36:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32796 Good news for cyclist and pedestrians, tomorrow’s vehicles might have airbags! Wait, don’t most vehicles come with airbags these days? Of course, airbags in a modern vehicle are a major part of an entire safety system designed to protect the driver and his passengers in the even of a crash. The number of airbags increases […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airbags-for-pedestrian-safety-too-20130207/feed/ 0 32796 Electric Vehicle with Plush Zones for Pedestrian Safety https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicle-with-plush-zones-for-pedestrian-safety-20121228/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicle-with-plush-zones-for-pedestrian-safety-20121228/#respond Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:48:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30504 Seat belts, air bags, crush zones, and strong cabin framing keep the passenger compartment intact in all but the most serious of accidents. Due to these advances in automobile safety technology, being a passenger is safer than ever before, but being a pedestrian, not so much. Recently more research and development has gone into pedestrian […]

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