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Drivers who receive crash avoidance warnings aren't any more likely to pay attention to the road than drivers who don't, an IIHS study shows.

Not exact matches

In a day when cars increasingly are saving drivers from themselves, the Kona Ultimate delivers as standard equipment life - saving technology such as blindspot crash warning with lane - change assist; rear cross-traffic crash warning; forward collision avoidance with pedestrian detection; lane - keep assist with driver - attention warning; and parking - distance warning while in reverse gear.

Subaru has continued its commitment to safety in the new car, with a 40 per cent increase in crash energy absorption, EyeSight collision avoidance technology (which uses a camera to monitor the road ahead — also allowing for adaptive cruise control, lane - departure warning and several other functions).

The smart car technology on cruise is awesome, cross traffic control is incredible, back up cam with sonar, excellent, BSD and BSD oncoming warning is spot on, forward crash avoidance works like advertised!

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.

The crash avoidance features highlighted in this Status Report — forward collision avoidance, adaptive headlights and lane departure warning — are among the most common of these high - tech detection, warning and intervention devices on the market so far.

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

Earlier research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimated that if every vehicle on the road were equipped with four types of crash avoidance features — forward collision warning, lane departure warning, blind spot detection and adaptive headlights — nearly a third of all crashes could potentially be prevented or mitigated (see «New estimates of benefits of crash avoidance features on passenger vehicles,» May 20, 2010).

New this year, Traverse offers Forward Collision Alert and Lane Departure Warning features, crash - avoidance technologies that use a camera and sensors to help determine when the driver is getting too close to a vehicle up ahead, or when the vehicle enters another lane without the use of a turn signal.

More recent crash avoidance technologies like front crash prevention and lane departure warning are not expected to be in nearly all registered vehicles on the nation's roadways until after 2040.

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.

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).

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.

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Chevrolet has crash - avoidance technologies on many of its ’15 cars and trucks, including rear - vision cameras, a rear cross-traffic alert that uses two radars to let drivers know if a car is approaching from the side when backing, a side blind - zone alert, a forward collision alert that can sense a crash situation before you do, an adaptive cruise control and a lane - departure warning that can alert drivers who drift out of detected lane lines unintentionally or without a turn signal.

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).

Great options are available, such as blind spot monitoring, adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning, crash avoidance, and power lift gates.

Nissan previously announced that they'd be bringing the latest safety and crash avoidance tech to their most popular models, including auto emergency braking and forward collision warning.

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.

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

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

The Touring overtops the Titanium pretty significantly with a range of crash avoidance equipment like the Forward Collision Warning, Collision Mitigation Braking System, Lane Keeping Assist System and Adaptive Cruise Control as part of the Touring package.

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.

For the exterior, the changes include, Signature chrome grille Satin chrome accents Body color front and rear fascias Body color rocker panels with satin chrome molding New headlamp and taillamp designs Dual chrome finish exhaust outlets (single outlet on 2.4 L) 18 - Inch Wheels on the 2.4 L, 19 - Inch Wheels on the 3.6 L Step inside and you're greeted with, Soft - touch instrument panel with French stitching Soft - touch Jet Black leather with Red accent stitching Leather - wrapped steering wheel with smoked mahogany wood accents Embossed Denali logos on front seatbacks Smoked mahogany wood trim accents Denali illuminated front sill plates Eight - way power driver and passenger seat GMC's Intellilink Infotainment System The Terrain also fitted with a standard forward collision alert and lane departure warning that uses an industry first single - camera crash - avoidance system to warn drivers when a collision is imminent or the vehicle crosses a lane marker.

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.

They also may help explain why studies so far haven't found a consistent benefit from the feature, in contrast to forward collision warning (see «Evidence continues to mount in favor of front crash prevention,» Aug. 26, 2015, and Status Report special issue: crash avoidance, July 3, 2012).

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).

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

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.

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

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).

Dozens of vehicles now offer collision avoidance systems that will sound a warning and, in some cases, stop the car to avoid a crash.