Are car crashes something you’re scared of? Do you fear for your life every time you slink into a car? Is this the reason why you haven’t learned to drive and haven’t gotten around on your own in your car? If you watch science fiction often, you should have seen cars which could prevent accidents from happening. This time around, it’s fiction no more. The subject of speculations and wonders has become a reality. Still not in the market as of current, but pretty soon, it would be a staple for family cars.
Volvo is the company which came up with a crash-proof family car. The technology, called the CitySafety system, entails having a laser-guidance system that’s able to identify vehicles in front of your own and slow down or brake as needed. The laser-sensor of the technology is built onto the windshield. The laser-sensors have the ability to scan up to six yards from the nose of your car to determine the condition of the traffic before you. If it determines collision, it makes 50 simultaneous calculations on what braking speed is necessary to avoid crashing.
When running between 10mph to 20mph, the technology only determines whether to slow down or not. However, at higher than 20mph, a mode called “adaptive cruise control” kicks in. This mode or setting accelerates or decelerates your car depending upon the existing traffic conditions. Every year, 125,000 injuries are attributed to car crashes, and Volvo is proud to bring this technology out. The technology will first be released in XC60 cars starting Autumn of 2008. These cars are priced around £25,000. Although highly useful, one has to think what will happen during miscalculations, as things like that happen. Just imagine if the mistakenly hit the brakes and you’re driving at high speeds. I guess we can only leave our misgivings for now until the time we actually see it in action.
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