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The Volvo SCC (Safety Concept Car) is a concept vehicle incorporating the rear hatch design from the Volvo P1800ES and the glass hatch from Volvo 480ES. [2] Its safety features included forward collision warning, blind spot monitor and alert, lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control, flashing brake lights during hard braking, and headlights that follow the curvature of the road as the ...
City Safety is an auto brake technology developed by Volvo Cars, designed to reduce or avoid traffic accidents.It comes in two generations, with the first operating at speeds up to 30 km/h (19 mph) and the second, functioning at speeds up to 50 km/h (31 mph).
Autonomous: the system acts independently of the driver to avoid or mitigate the accident. Emergency: the system will intervene only in a critical situation. Braking: the system tries to avoid the accident by applying the brakes. Time-to-collision could be a way to choose which avoidance method (braking or steering) is most appropriate. [13]
Some car crashes are unavoidable, as you cannot control another driver’s actions or random occurrences, like an animal running out into the road. With that in mind, to help avoid accidents ...
Screech. Boom. Crash! In today's fast-paced world, car crashes feel like simply a fact of life. In 1913, before cars dominated the roads, there were only 1.3 million vehicles registered and 4,200 ...
Initially an option [16] on 850 models, [17] [18] it became standard equipment [13] of all new Volvo automobiles beginning in 1995 [19] for the 1996 model year. [15] The system consists of a mechanically [ 20 ] activated [ 21 ] side airbag that protects the front seat occupants torsos from hitting the cars interior.
The Volvo Safety Concept Car (SCC) is an ESV concept car.The SCC incorporates the rear hatch design from Volvo P1800ES and the glass hatch from Volvo 480ES. [1] The interior design is similar to the S40 and V50; the majority of parts including the instrument panel, 'floating' centre stack and steering wheel are shared by the three cars.
The terms "active" and "passive" are simple but important terms in the world of automotive safety. "Active safety" is used to refer to technology assisting in the prevention of a crash and "passive safety" to components of the vehicle (primarily airbags, seatbelts and the physical structure of the vehicle) that help to protect occupants during a crash.