background leading the market in car safety for 80 years have created features such as; three...
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Background
Leading the market in car safety for 80 years
Have created features such as; Three point seat belt Rear facing child seats Side impact protection systems Blind spot information systems
Head of Volvo safety team
“If you look into the future, we as a community will not accept that we have injuries”
Jan Ivarsson
Technology
• Radar and Sonar Technology
• “Cyclist detection system”
• “Road train”
Volvo technologiesTechnology Description Existing in Volvos already Future technology
Pedestrian detection Automatically breaks to avoid collision with pedestrians. ✔ −
External airbagDeploys in the event of a collision with a pedestrian ✔ −
Collision avoidance
Automatic self-breaking-monitors vehicles in front and automatically applies breaks to avoid collisions with slowing down cars. ✔ −
Automatic breaking at junctions
Automatically breaks if driver accelerates at a junction or crossroad into path of an approaching vehicle − ✔
Adaptive cruise control
Radar scans distance to the car in front and automatically adjust speed to maintain the pre-set distance to car in front. − ✔
Autopilot convoy driving
Cars link together electronically to drive themselves in special motorway "road trains". − ✔
Advantages
Lower accidents and fatality rates
Forces competition to innovate as well
In the long run it will save millions of lives
Disadvantages
Public acceptance?
Can you fully trust a computer driven car?
Who will take the blame?
Conclusion
Vision 2020 takes car safety to a new level
Others following (Google’s driverless car)
Many more years of pioneering to come
References
Massey, Ray. N.p.. Web. 15 Apr 2013. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2242930/The-crashproof-car-Volvo-say-British-roads-years.html.
Swinder, Matt. "Volvo Debuts World's First Cyclist Detection System with Full Auto-brake." TechRadar. TechRadar, 28 Mar. 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.
Vijayenthiran, Viknesh. "Volvo Predicts Crash-Proof Cars By 2020: Video." Motor Authority. Motor Authority, 31 Jan. 2013. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.
"XC60 and S60 - IIHS Top Safety Pick Award.". <http://www.volvocars.com>. Volvo, 1 Jan. 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.