Sentences with phrase «of crash avoidance technology»

«The inclusion of AEB Pedestrian in the rating is a key milestone in the development of automotive safety that will help the proliferation of the crash avoidance technology into all segments of the market.

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.

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

Appropriate driver responses and acceptance of crash avoidance technologies are critical to their success.

IIHS urges NHTSA to take into account how IIHS and Euro NCAP are evaluating the performance of crash avoidance technologies and diverge from these procedures «only when there is empirical evidence that doing so will bring measurable benefits.»

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.

Not exact matches

One study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimates that crash - avoidance technologies could reduce fatal car accidents by one - third, potentially saving many thousands of lives a year.

First, the recipe for roadway safety includes a number of equally important ingredients: Cars are getting safer — as crash avoidance and crash worthiness technologies improve.

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.

But there are a number of other types of advanced crash avoidance safety technology that are already available and saving lives today.

IIHS tests evaluate two aspects of safety: crashworthiness — how well a vehicle protects its occupants in a crash — and crash avoidance and mitigation — technology that can prevent a crash or lessen its severity.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

The fourth - generation of Kia's best - seller has been engineered to meet the toughest and most demanding crash safety tests, thanks to an even stronger bodyshell, a wide array of passive safety equipment and the latest active safety and autonomous hazard avoidance technologies.

The new model, equipped with more driver assistance and collision avoidance technologies, and boasting an architecture composed of more than half high - strength steel, is likely to dramatically improve the 2018 Accent's crash protection.

Safety is never in doubt, either — there's a long list of crash - avoidance and impact - reduction technology in case the worst should happen.

Crash avoidance technologies can also have the unintended consequence of increasing some crash types with reducing others.

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 all - new Suburban is capable of hauling more passengers and cargo than any other vehicle in the segment — and a 360 - degree safety system of occupant protection and crash - avoidance technology that demonstrates GM's commitment to providing world - class safety.

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

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.

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

Available safety features include an expanded range of crash - avoidance technologies, including Side Blind Zone Alert, Rear Cross-Traffic Alert, Lane Keep Assist and Forward Collision Alert.

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.

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.

Chevrolet has incorporated new safety technologies such as a radar that contributes to 360 degrees of crash avoidance and occupant protection.

The ’07 Avalanche offers security in the form of a 360 - degree safety system of occupant protection and crash - avoidance technologies.

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.

The NHTSA, for example, recently proposed an update to its safety rating system, including a new type of crash test, crash dummies that are more «human - like,» an assessment of equipped crash - avoidance technologies (like automatic braking), and an assessment of safeguards for pedestrians.

The Viziv also gets the latest version of the company's EyeSight safety technology suite, featuring revised stereo cameras, radar and telematics to deliver not only state - of - the - art adaptive cruise control and automatic braking, but 360 - degree crash avoidance that detects bicycles and pedestrians.

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.

Washington, DC — 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.

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

Manufacturers who pledged to make autobrake standard by 2022 are now vying to get the crash avoidance technology into their models ahead of their competitors.

IIHS urges NHTSA to evaluate vehicles both with and without the crash avoidance technologies and publish dual ratings in the case of optional features.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

«The majority of these drivers told us they like the crash avoidance technology in their vehicles,» says Anne McCartt, senior vice president for research at IIHS.

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.

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.

With respect to rollover crash avoidance, section 32703 (b)(3) of the Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act directs the agency to «consider requiring» stability enhancing technology such as electronic stability control or torque vectoring on over-the-road buses.

Many vehicles sold in the United States today have this kind of crash - avoidance technology.

The Israeli tech company, Mobileye, an industry giant that supplies chips and sensors to the likes of Aptiv, that are used for crash - avoidance technology, said it performed an informal replication of the Arizona crash using video of the incident.