Sentences with phrase «crash avoidance technologies»

The finding is important for the development of crash avoidance technology.

An early crop of advanced crash avoidance technologies includes some clear success stories when it comes to preventing crashes, insurance claim analyses show.

How drivers respond to new crash avoidance technologies will help determine how well they work to reduce crashes.

One difficulty in studying optional front crash prevention systems is that they often are packaged with other crash avoidance technologies.

They also include information about crash avoidance technologies, but those technologies aren't evaluated by the organization.

It represents a big step toward making crash avoidance technologies widely available.

Optional crash avoidance technologies sometimes add thousands of dollars to the cost of a vehicle and often are available only as part of more expensive packages.

Early evidence that advanced crash avoidance technologies are cutting crashes in the real world comes from a study of insurance claims.

By including this test as part of the safety rating, Euro NCAP takes the lead world - wide in encouraging advanced crash avoidance technology for all cars.

«These analyses are the first to estimate real - world effectiveness of several crash avoidance technologies that have been filtering into the market recently,» Zuby says.

«A concern is that drivers might depend on crash avoidance technology too much.

The Institute surveyed Volvo and Infiniti owners because early in the race these automakers adopted crash avoidance technology.

The other upgrade is the list of safety and crash avoidance technologies when the Driver Alert Pack 2 is along for the ride.

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.

Both the Toyota and the Nissan offer crash avoidance technologies including blind spot detection and lane departure warnings.

Since few consumers test drive a vehicle at night before buying, IIHS headlight ratings help shed light on this basic, yet essential crash avoidance technology.

We also felt it was time to offer extra recognition to manufacturers that are offering a proven crash avoidance technology.»

The announcement took place at Stop the Crash, a Global NCAP led partnership which has been campaigning around the world to promote crash avoidance technologies.

In particular, crash avoidance technology evaluations and enhanced protection for pedestrians struck by passenger vehicles are important improvements.

They'll also be testing crash avoidance technology like forward collision warning, emergency braking, lane departure warning, and semiautomtic headlight beam switching.

However, like for the TT, the fitment of the latest crash avoidance technology was felt to be unnecessary by Mazda for the fourth generation roadster.

The Superb is also equipped with crash avoidance technologies awarded under the Euro NCAP Advanced Rewards scheme such as Multi Collision Brake and Crew Protect Assist.

«The Enclave's sophisticated suite of available radar, camera and ultrasonic crash avoidance technologies is engineered to help drivers continuously monitor their surroundings in an intuitive, assisting manner so they can feel more confident behind the wheel,» said Dean Perelli, chief engineer for the Buick Enclave.

Although the purpose of the studies was to look at the acceptance of crash avoidance technologies among drivers of mainstream vehicles, the owners of these particular Dodge, Jeep and Toyota models may not be typical.

It received their highest rating of Good in all crash tests and was rated as Superior for its available crash avoidance technologies.

This Status Report focuses on the three crash avoidance technologies for which HLDI has the most information: forward collision avoidance, adaptive headlights and lane departure warning.

Announced plans to update its 5 - Star Safety Ratings program and encourage automakers to produce cars with better crash protection and new crash avoidance technologies to save more lives and reduce passenger and pedestrian injuries.

While not part of the star rating, the NHTSA does identify vehicles which have crash avoidance technology like lane departure warning and forward collision warning.

The $ 30 million project, which includes a 5 - acre covered track, will allow the Institute to put much more focus on crash avoidance technologies.

The findings are consistent with previous research showing that vehicle owners found lane departure warning more annoying than other crash avoidance technologies (see «Dodge / Jeep and Toyota owners say they like their crash avoidance features,» March 13, 2014, «Volvo owners give thumbs - up to crash avoidance features,» Dec. 20, 2012, and «Luxury owners embrace systems to skirt crashes,» Nov. 18, 2009).

IIHS President Adrian Lund told a Senate panel that capping truck speeds and adopting crash avoidance technologies could reduce large truck crashes.

HLDI analyses of claims data and IIHS studies of police - reported crashes indicate that several crash avoidance technologies are reducing crashes reported to insurers and police, with the biggest benefits so far for front crash prevention.

In the Institute's 2010 analysis of the potential of crash avoidance technologies, lane departure warning was one of the stars.

NHTSA recommends consumers consider vehicles with crash avoidance technologies that meet the 5 - Star Safety Ratings minimum performance tests, such as forward collision warning (FCW), lane departure warning (LDW), and electronic stability control (ESC).

The study is HLDI's first real - world look at a new crop of advanced crash avoidance technologies.

The 2017 Toyota 4Runner is slowly becoming one of a kind thanks to a focus on off - road capabilities and ruggedness rather than the refinement, passenger comfort and crash avoidance technologies that are prioritized in competing models.

It received their highest ratings of Good in all crash tests and Superior for crash avoidance technology.

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.

The new litmus test for vehicle safety is crash avoidance technology.

The European New Car Assessment Programme is currently testing a number of European cars equipped with crash avoidance technologies.

Four of 20 automakers report that automatic emergency braking (AEB) is standard on more than half of their 2017 model year vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced in the first update of manufacturer progress toward equipping every new vehicle with the crash avoidance technology.

The study confirms previous findings that lane departure warning and lane - keeping support systems are one of the less popular types of crash avoidance technology.

The IIHS also collects information on bumper evaluations and crash avoidance technology.