Pedestrian Detection With Full Auto Brake Is Awarded Best Car Safety Device By Businesscar
Volvo’s pioneering Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Brake technology has been named winner of the Car Safety category at the annual BusinessCar Techies awards. This world-first technology, available on the all-new Volvo S60, can detect pedestrians in front of the car, warn if anyone walks out into its path and then automatically activate the car’s full braking power if the driver fails to respond in time.
Paul Barker, Editor of BusinessCar, said: “The Pedestrian Detection system takes vehicle safety into an area no other manufacturers are seriously addressing, and comes on the back of other industry leading innovations such as City Safety which show Volvo’s reputation for safety excellence is well founded.”
In an emergency situation, the driver initially receives an audible warning combined with a flashing light in the windscreen’s head-up display - resembling a brake light. At the same time, the car’s brakes are pre-charged. If the driver does not react to the warning and an accident is deemed as imminent, full braking power is automatically applied to bring the car to a stop.
This technology can avoid a collision with a pedestrian at speeds up to 21 mph if the driver does not react in time. At higher speeds, the focus is on reducing the car’s speed as much as possible prior to the impact.