Thursday, July 8, 2010

New Car 'Senses' Pedestrians

Tired of having to worry about where those pesky pedestrians are when you're driving? Well quit worrying and buy a Volvo. The newest Volvo slated to be released this year, the 260 model, comes complete with a 'pedestrian Detection and Avoidance System' that applies the breaks, if you fail to, when in close proximity to pedestrians. Now if I could only get a cars that could sense a run-in with my mother... Anyway, check it out in this YouTube video then tell me what you think- overrated gadget or awesome life saver?

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SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.

SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.