Pedestrian Safety with Dr. Austin Angulo

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in the US more than 7000 pedestrians are killed each year and more than 71000 injured. According to the World Health Organisation, pedestrians represent over 20% of all road traffic deaths. In this episode we talk pedestrian (and cyclist) safety with Dr. Austin Angulo from the Transportation Research and Visualization Laboratory at the University at Buffalo. We discuss Dr. Angulo's research on vehicle-pedestrian communication and testing pedestrian and cyclist safety in virtual reality.