Not exact matches
The system can also steer the vehicle into and out of a parallel parking space • Forward and reverse sensing systems: The systems provide audible alerts designed to help drivers avoid obstacles when parking • Hands - free liftgate: Allows customer to move leg below center of the rear bumper to unlock and raise liftgate • Heated and cooled front seats, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel: Amenities make occupants
more comfortable, and every drive
more enjoyable • Lane - keeping system: Alerts driver to steer the vehicle back into its lane if the vehicle is allowed to drift • Side parking
sensors: uses
sensors and algorithms that measure speed and steering wheel angle to warn drivers of obstacles on either side of the vehicle during parking or low - speed maneuvers • SYNC ® with MyFord Touch ®: Becoming available for
more trim levels; standard on Edge Sport and Titanium series Safety technologies available on the new Edge include: • Active glove box knee airbag: Advanced new design uses glove box front to cushion the knees of the front seat passenger in a
crash.
Automatic rear braking systems might be as effective or
more effective at reducing the risk of backover
crashes than cameras or
sensors, which require the driver to react appropriately.
Sensors located at the front of the vehicle, in the side doors, and within the occupant compartment provide increased and
more immediate
crash detection.
Costing
more than $ 100,000 each, the
crash dummies are wired with
sensors that transmit dozens of continuous measurements to a computer that records a stream of data 4,000 times during the two - fifths - of - a-second duration of a
crash.
The paper also describes the emergence of side airbags in the 1990s and 2000s and gives us a glimpse into the airbags of tomorrow (
more reliable
crash sensors, and possibly the use of external airbags).
Rear cameras show promise in preventing backover
crashes and are
more effective than parking
sensors in helping drivers avoid objects behind them, new IIHS research demonstrates.
Rear autobrake bundled with rear parking
sensors and a rearview camera can cut backing
crash rates by
more than 75 percent, new IIHS research shows.
The study, conducted with volunteer drivers in an empty parking lot in the Los Angeles area, indicates that cameras would help prevent
more backover
crashes into pedestrians in the vehicle's blind zone than parking
sensors.
The camera also uses computer vision to help the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) avoid obstacles, while an infrared
sensor at the back adds
more crash - prevention technology.