Sentences with phrase «crash avoidance system»

Other technologies include an advanced radar - based cruise control system and a crash avoidance system called Active Lane Control (ALC) which uses cameras to lane - center the Q50.

Volvo's low - speed crash avoidance system is helping drivers avoid fender - benders and minor injuries on congested roads.

Subaru's dual - camera crash avoidance system has cut the rate of likely pedestrian - related insurance claims by 35 percent, HLDI found.

The analysis shows that drivers are far less likely to be in a crash in a Volvo with City Safety than a car or SUV without the crash avoidance system.

Availability The 2012 Volvo S60 T6 AWD R - Design is on sale at dealerships now and comes equipped with the City Safety crash avoidance system and a stellar five - year maintenance plan that includes everything from roadside assistance to wear and tear items such as brakes and battery.

The strongest selling point of the Grand Touring trim is the active safety package, which includes the usual alphabet soup of crash avoidance systems — blind - spot monitoring, lane - keep assist, rear cross-traffic alert, adaptive front lighting with high - beam control, and active cruise control.

With the help of our supporters in the insurance industry, we recently expanded the VRC so we can evaluate crash avoidance systems all year round.

Ford is also matching or exceeding the crash avoidance systems offered by Toyota and other truckmakers.

One of their major duties is also to research vehicle crash worthiness and crash avoidance systems.

This means they're the safest cars because of their crashworthiness and crash avoidance systems.

The crash avoidance systems studied were all offered as optional equipment.

The crash avoidance systems employ a high - resolution camera mounted on the windshield to determine if the driver is too close to vehicles ahead.

Toyota has expanded its safety and crash avoidance systems to include more and more vehicles.

One concern is that drivers might rely on crash avoidance systems too much and feel freer to look away from the road or take other risks.

The newly available Touring Package brings premium features like a panoramic roof, several crash avoidance systems and a quieter cabin to Spitzer Mitsubishi customers.

Brussels 29 October — Euro NCAP releases the first results of rear - end crash avoidance systems tested against the upcoming 2014 rating protocol.

Among other types of crash avoidance systems, use rates were 90 percent or higher.

On the Platinum, some crash avoidance systems are standard such as the Blind Spot Information System.

Additional crash avoidance systems include a pedestrian warning, collision warning, and lane watch.

They note that crash avoidance systems might help to prevent some of these crashes.

The VRC is undergoing a $ 30 million expansion to enable IIHS to accommodate a broader test program for crash avoidance systems.

NCAP would give half - credit for optional crash avoidance systems.

Manufacturers are making good progress in adding crash avoidance systems to their fleets to help mitigate frontal crashes.

«In order to get beyond Level 2, crash avoidance systems have to be near - perfect — and they aren't yet,» he says.

Unfortunately, most car makers still do not offer crash avoidance systems on any of their models.

Euro NCAP releases the first results of rear - end crash avoidance systems tested against the upcoming 2014 rating protocol.

In a paper published in the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention, they evaluated the benefits and costs of fleet - wide deployment of three such technologies: blind spot monitoring; lane departure warning; and forward collision warning crash avoidance systems within the US light - duty vehicle fleet.

Not exact matches

These crash - avoidance strategies have evolved over 150 million years in birds and may inspire anti-collision systems in drones, «especially now that drones are being built in large numbers», says Srinivasan.

These crash - avoidance strategies have evolved over 150 million years in birds and can provide inspiration for anti-collision systems in drones, says Srinivasan.

Traction control helps prevent skidding; crash - avoidance systems fling radar waves in every direction, looking for approaching vehicles; the Lexus LS series even features a windshield - mounted camera that monitors the lane markings in front of you and gently nudges you back into your lane, via electric motors that assist your steering, if you drift.

Meanwhile, new technologies allow engineers to dream beyond designing glorified mechanical arms: So - called «swarm bots» work together like army ants to move relatively heavy objects; a fire hose — cum - snake robot can slither across the floor before putting out a blaze; and Nissan is developing an avoidance system to prevent car crashes based on bees — which use their compound eyes to see nearly all the way around themselves while buzzing about, changing direction when they sense something in their path.

Forget about expensive obstacle avoidance systems, a team of researchers has built a prototype drone with a rubbery, flexible frame that deforms harmlessly in a crash, then snaps itself back into shape ready to fly again in an instant.

At the Geneva Motor Show, Samuelsson touted the XC90 crossover's crash - and injury - avoidance systems.

This comparison emphasizes value, so we eliminated the safety category (crash - avoidance systems are roughly the same, at any rate) and doubled the value score.

The 2013 Cadillac SRX has also received an upgrade in safety features — there are now a host of systems available to aid in driving and crash avoidance.

enhance safety through improved crash avoidance and protection, crash and other notification, commercial motor vehicle operations, and infrastructure - based or cooperative safety systems; or

Parking assist systems are spreading faster in the fleet than front crash prevention and other crash avoidance features, indicates a new report from HLDI examining how many vehicles are equipped with various driver assistance technologies.

Varick noted that such studies urgently call for equipping all vehicles with forward - crash avoidance, blind - spot detection, night vision, lane - departure warning, adaptive front lighting and surround - view camera systems, including features such as backup cameras and sensors.

Crash avoidance technology, such as front crash prevention systems, should help offset some of the effects of distracted driving as these systems make their way into more vehicles on the road.

Most new vehicles don't have crash avoidance features, and it will take some time before the systems are in wide use as newer vehicles supplant older ones.

Front crash prevention systems with autonomous braking that can stop drivers from rear - ending another vehicle or slow them down enough to lessen the impact are making a measurable difference in insurance claims (see Status Report special issue: crash avoidance, July 3, 2012).

The Institute has estimated that if all vehicles were equipped with crash avoidance features, 1.9 million crashes, including 1 in 3 fatal ones, could potentially be prevented or mitigated if the systems worked perfectly (see «New estimates of benefits of crash avoidance features on passenger vehicles,» May 20, 2010).

Forward collision avoidance systems, particularly those that brake autonomously, show some of the biggest crash reductions.

Acura's autonomous braking system was one of several advanced crash avoidance technologies demonstrated last year on the track at the Institute's Vehicle Research Center.

HLDI first reported on reductions in claim rates for Volvo's low - speed autobrake system, City Safety, in 2011 and began noting benefits for higher - speed systems in 2012 (see «Volvo's City Safety prevents low - speed crashes and cuts insurance costs,» July 19, 2011, and Status Report special issue: crash avoidance, July 3, 2012).

This is the third year the Institute has released ratings for front crash prevention systems (see «Quick work: Better autobrake helps more models earn top ratings for front crash prevention,» May 29, 2014, and «First crash avoidance ratings under new test program: 7 midsize vehicles earn top marks,» Sept. 27, 2013).

A 2012 study [20] by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety examined how particular features of crash - avoidance systems affected the number of claims under various forms of insurance coverage.

Last summer HLDI reported benefits for forward collision avoidance systems that work at higher speeds than City Safety to prevent or mitigate more serious crashes.

For crash avoidance technologies, the Institute developed a three - tier rating system of superior, advanced and basic to reflect that even a basic forward collision warning system can provide significant benefits.

But three times now the system has locked on to the U turning car, which is already well off my path, completely not an issue, and hammered the crash avoidance brakes.