The story of Volvo’s automatic brake should start:
Auto Brake is another feature that can be found in the new XC60 from Volvo.
The car brakes itsself, if it detects an object in front of the own vehicle and tries to stop the car, before anyone is going to be injured seriously.
Volvo safety car goes wrong:
See, the Swedes wanted to show journalists how the 2011 S60 sedan’s new ‘Collision Warning with Auto Brake’ system works in action, so they catapulted a test car out of a tunnel at around 35km/h towards a parked truck.
Volvo says this about the system: “Volvo’s new Collision Warning with Auto Brake automatically brakes the car if there is an imminent risk of a collision with a moving or stationary vehicle.
The system starts by alerting the driver and preparing the braking system for emergency braking.
If the driver does not respond despite the warning, the brakes are applied automatically.”
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