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Can a car really be death-proof?

Posted Apr 28th, 2010 at 10:21 AM and seen
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What if your car came with a guarantee that you'd never die while driving or riding in it? It sounds far-fetched, but one company is promising such a car by 2020.

As a working member of the PReVENT safety research group, Volvo has promised an injury-proof car by 2020. Those who can afford the luxury cars will benefit first; it'll take some time for these cutting-edge safety features to make their way into economy cars.

Why will these systems be able to handle accidents better than a car's driver? Find out in this article.

Full article at HowStuffWorks.com.

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Apr 30, 2010
1oldsurfer said...
Yes our goal is no deaths in a Volvo by 2020. It's not one amazing piece of technology that will save mankind but small steps of one new safety advancement at a time. Starting way before we invented the three-point seat belt, safety was at our core of everything Volvo. In later years, reinforced roof structures (1967), world's-first side impact air bags and inflatable side curtains, just to mention a few. Couple years ago, we introduced Adaptive Cruse Control with Auto Braking, meaning you could set speed and distance to car in front and the system would maintain that parameter until driver disengaged it and if that lead car suddenly braked, so would your Volvo. Today with Lane Departure, Driver Alert, Blind Spot Information System, City Safety and, coming soon, Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Brake. Keep in mind, though, the intention isn't to have technology override human input; rather the idea is to have these systems be a fail-safe when the driver becomes distracted. We firmly believe that the most important safety feature in any car is the driver..

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