An End To All Of The Deaths On The Roads?
Volvo are conducting a large field test with the aim of preventing any injury or accident in a Volvo by 2020.
Around 100 Volvo V70 and XC70 cars have been fitted with state-of-the-art technology which will monitor how people deal with different driving situations.
The technology will monitor the drivers behaviour whilst driving and analyse how this changes depending on the situation. There are many tests being carried out at the same time as this so they are actually spending their money quite sensibly.
Cameras will examine how the driver’s eyes and head move during the journey whlist combining the data with other safety features of the car. The car also films a view from the front and back of the car and analyses how the driver’s behaviour changes with different situations.
One of the key points that was stated that in order to move towareds a crash-free future we are going to have to look into how drivers are actually behaving.
“In Sweden, 150 Volvo vehicles will be included in the project; 100 cars and 50 trucks equipped with advanced logging devices. In addition, 275 vehicles in Europe will get less advanced equipment and another 1,000 responses will be secured by letting the drivers fill in a survey,” says Trent Victor, research leader for Road User Behaviour at SAFER.
Although it seems like it is for a good cause the only real reason they are doing it is so they can make more money out of their cars.
Is it likely that all of this is going to mean that nobody is going to be crashing when they are actually driving. Using the existing safety technology, such as vehicle stability programmes, in conjuntion with this behavioural research technology could really supplement our driving.
Of course it is obvious that a lot of people are just not interested in getting a Volvo which is why of course you could look into getting BMW Cars. The BMW 3 series has got to be the way forward on this so you should really look into getting one of these. Of course you could always go after used cars as these can also prove to be help you out a lot. You really need to think on this one.
