Air bags, mirrors and sensors can only do so much to prevent deaths as a result of a dangerous driving.
Now Volvo has developed a technology that, it claims, could eliminate road fatalities in its cars by 2020.
The
Swedish group claims that by the end of the decade, its next-generation
cars will be equipped with computers that have a 360-degree view of
their surroundings.
The system
looks for pedestrians, cyclists, and other vehicles and anticipates
their movements, in comparison to the car, five seconds in advance.
An alert will be sent out if the driver is in danger of crashing. If the driver doesn’t respond, the car will take over.
The technology was developed by Volvo’s four-year Non-Hit Car and Truck Project, which will be drawing to a close in December.
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