December 2, 2010 – 10:43 am
By Marc Osajda Powered two wheelers account for only one percent of European traffic, but represent 16 percent of the road fatalities, according to a study led by the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers. The risk of being killed in motorcycle accident is 20 times higher than in a regular passenger car. More than half [...]
November 18, 2010 – 3:15 pm
By Mike Stanley Last week, at the electronica 2010 show in Munich, Freescale announced shipment of 77 GHz radar chipset samples to select customers for automotive safety applications. This expands the Xtrinsic Sensing brand to encompass active safety issues such as adaptive cruise control, blind spot detection, and side impact avoidance.
August 19, 2010 – 9:28 am
by Jim Bridgwater There is a lot of debate going on in the automotive industry and in the mass media about how to minimize the potential driver distraction caused by use of portable electronics devices in the car. Most of the focus is on use of mobile phones in the car, even though this is [...]
By Marc Osajda The deployment of safety systems in modern automobiles is driven by two factors. The first is the strict regulation that requires vehicle manufacturers implement electronic safety systems. For example, electronic stability control and tire pressure monitoring systems have been mandated in the U.S. through Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) and are [...]
By Rainer Makowitz — Electrification of safety critical functions in the vehicle is progressing in all new car models. ISO will publish the new automotive safety standard ISO26262 in the middle of 2011. Is the world going to be different after that? In our Panel Discussion on Functional Safety at the Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) [...]
By Marc Osajda 1.3 million people are killed on roads around the world every year – that’s more than 3,500 people every day. The patterns vary considerably from country to country, depending on a number of contributing factors, as illustrated in the chart below from the World Health Organization. The factors include road infrastructure, driving [...]
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