| Last Monday, Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled
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| | aim to start putting it to use in earnest
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| a new technology which the automaker
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| | from next April," said Takashi Yonekawa,
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| claims to be the world's true-to life
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| | a senior staff engineer at the centre.
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| driving simulator with its safety
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| | The project was completed in September
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| features aimed at not just reducing but
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| | and until the demonstration, Toyota never
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| eliminating traffic-related mortalities.
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| | allowed reporters into the pod. The pod
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| Toyota's demonstration was held at the
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| | can also be seen via a glass pane in an
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| Higashifuji Technical Center near Mt.
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| | adjacent room. Although the pod was not
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| Fuji in Tokyo. Toyota's new safety
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| | moving, the moving images which are a
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| equipment showed the participants
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| | true-to life depiction of 64 km of road
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| composed of journalists on how it detects
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| | in a 6-square kilometer section of the
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| unusual driving behaviors like
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| | surrounding area, it was almost real that
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| drunkenness and drowsiness.
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| | the spectators felt nauseous.
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| The warehouse-sized structure features a
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| | On the same demonstration, Toyota also
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| dome-shaped pod perched atop a turntable
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| | introduced another safety technology
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| on a track that slides in all four
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| | based on Intelligent Transport Systems
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| directions at angles of up to 25 degrees
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| | (ITS). This equipment uses global
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| to mimic the sensation of accelerating,
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| | positioning system receivers and sensors
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| braking and turning in different
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| | which give way to communication between
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| directions.
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| | cars and road infrastructure, pedestrians
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| The new Toyota facility measures 4.5
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| | or other cars to reduce collisions.
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| meter long and 7.1 meter wide that can be
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| | Also, according to Toyota Managing
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| installed in any vehicle model. The
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| | Officer Takashi Shigematsu, their
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| simulator is lined on the inside with a
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| | domestic rivals, Honda Motor Co. (also
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| screen showing a moving, wrap-around view
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| | makes genuine Acura body parts) and
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| of the outside environment that gives the
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| | Nissan Motor Co. are working on the same
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| driver and his passengers the chimera of
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| | equipment. The three largest automakers
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| traveling.
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| | are expecting to test their products next
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| Other leading automakers like Honda Motor
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| | year.
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| Co. and Daimler Ag have also developed
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| | Auto safety equipments are now the added
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| similar technology but it seems like
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| | spice to which automakers appeal to their
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| Toyota has the edge. Toyota's product has
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| | consumers. Toyota Motor Corp. is taking
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| the longest range of 35 meters from front
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| | it seriously and on the lead in the
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| to back and 20 meters from right to left
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| | safety race. Last year, the biggest
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| says Toyota engineers.
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| | Japanese automaker equipped its Lexus
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| "It still needs some fine tuning, but we
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| | LS460 with a pedestrian detection system.
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