Sentences with phrase «avoidance features»

This year's Equinox includes new accident avoidance features that haven't made it to most makes yet.

Chevrolet Equinox — The SUV / Mini-van hybrid has accident avoidance features and high crash rating scores

There are crash avoidance features on many vehicles today, and more coming down the pike, Rader says.

Unfortunately, a recent survey conducted by the IIHS revealed that in vehicles equipped with «crash avoidance features,» lane maintenance systems were disabled roughly half the time.

Parents and other safety - minded folks like the crash avoidance features found on many of these rides.

The automaker received an IIHS superior rating for the specific crash avoidance features.

Reactions to crash avoidance features are important because many systems provide only warnings and require drivers to take action.

Most participants said they found the systems useful and would want them again on their next vehicle, which was similar to what Volvo and Infiniti owners told researchers in the previous surveys (see «Volvo owners give thumbs - up to crash avoidance features,» Dec. 20, 2012, and «Luxury owners embrace systems to skirt crashes,» Nov. 18, 2009).

As advanced crash avoidance features spread through more of the vehicle fleet, the technologies are proving popular with drivers of mainstream brands and not just owners of the luxury cars that got the systems first.

Owners of Volvos with advanced crash avoidance features find the systems useful, and the vast majority would want the technology again, an IIHS survey shows.

To get all the safety tech you want, you need to buy the costliest of the three Rogue trim lines, and even then the Rogue lacks the adaptive cruise control and collision avoidance features of the well - regarded but less luxurious Subaru Forester crossover.

The earlier IIHS survey, which involved owners of Volvo and Infiniti vehicles with crash avoidance features, also found that fewer drivers kept lane departure warning on at all times than other features.

This indicates the crash avoidance features might be conditioning drivers to signal intentional lane changes to avoid triggering warnings.

More than a year ago, Institute researchers estimated the safety potential of crash avoidance features but couldn't say then if drivers would welcome the extra help.

Based on other analyses of crash avoidance features, it is believed that most of the benefit from Honda's technology comes from forward collision warning, not lane departure warning (see Status Report special issue: crash avoidance, July 3, 2012).

Automatic pre-collision notifications when a crash is imminent activates the avoidance features, active parking assist for guiding and gliding the vehicle into those parallel parking spaces.

When it comes to helping to protect passengers, a comprehensive suite of available safety technologies and adaptive crash - avoidance features offers ease of use and added peace of mind, with new available features including: Surround Vision D - Optic LED headlamps (standard on High Country and Premier) Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning Front Pedestrian Braking Forward Collision Alert Low and High - Speed Forward Automatic Braking.

IIHS notes that some crash avoidance features have more support than others.

Manufacturers continue to refine protection for people in small overlap crashes and fine - tune crash avoidance features.

Among vehicles with crash avoidance features, lane maintenance systems are turned off nearly half the time, a new study shows.

I love traffic avoidance features, but I have not seen them work very effectively with Ford's navigation system.

And on the few vehicles studied that don't bundle the feature, no benefits for lane departure warning have been found (see «Drivers of all ages benefit from Honda crash avoidance features,» Jan. 28, 2016, and Status Report special issue: crash avoidance, July 3, 2012).

IIHS first looked at the operating status of crash avoidance features in an earlier study of Honda vehicles brought into dealerships for service.

The studies are the latest in a series by Jessica Cicchino, IIHS vice president for research, that evaluates different crash avoidance features by looking at data from police - reported crashes.

Information on the availability of other crash avoidance features, not yet tested by the Institute, can be found here.

An earlier IIHS study estimated that lane departure warning could be relevant to 23 percent of fatal crashes (see «New estimates of benefits of crash avoidance features on passenger vehicles,» May 20, 2010).

We wanted accident avoidance features and had to accept premium sound and some interior features we didn't really want like the moonroof.

A new cost - benefit analysis by researchers at Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering shows that the public could derive economic and social benefits today if partially - automated collision avoidance features were deployed in all cars.

Safety The Equinox offers a comprehensive suite of available active safety technologies and adaptive crash - avoidance features that provide ease of use and peace of mind on the road.

It's an impressive collection, topped only by some accident - avoidance features in $ 100K cars such as the Mercedes - Benz S - Class that can swerve to avoid cars and pedestrians.

The Equinox offers a suite of active safety technologies and adaptive crash - avoidance features that help provide peace of mind on the road for adults as well as new teen drivers.

This is the second report examining collision avoidance features offered by Mazda.

Mazda collision avoidance features: 2007 - 16.

Acura collision avoidance features: an update.

General Motors collision avoidance features.

Front crash prevention is part of a larger group of crash avoidance features spreading through the U.S. vehicle fleet.

2013 - 16 Subaru collision avoidance features.

[23] Collision avoidance features are rapidly making their way into the new vehicle fleet.

Mercedes - Benz offers a wide range of collision avoidance features.

Volvo collision avoidance features: initial results.

Fiat Chrysler collision avoidance features: initial results.

This analysis examines three Acura collision avoidance features: Collision Mitigation Braking System, Active Front Lighting System, and Blind Spot Information.

Mercedes - Benz collision avoidance features: a 2016 update.

Buick collision avoidance features: an update.

Subaru collision avoidance features: an update.

This initial analysis of the effect on insurance claims of four crash avoidance features, two of which are combinations of multiple features, suggests that they are helping drivers avoid some crashes reported to insurers.

2016 Honda collision avoidance features: initial results.

This is the first look at the effects of collision avoidance features on the Honda Accord by rated driver age.

Some crash avoidance features are reducing crashes.

As manufacturers introduce new crash avoidance features, HLDI is examining their real - world effectiveness.