When Volvo told me that “it’s our vision that no one should be seriously injured or killed in a new Volvo car", I was so intrigued…
Every year about 1.35 million people are killed in roadways* around the world, and here’s a car that is really going the extra mile to save lives.
Beyond being the inventors of the three-point safety belt that we use today (interesting story actually, I’ll save it for another day), the new Volvo cars have many safety features, and here are some that BLOW MY MIND
1. This car has a feature called “Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Brake” and does exactly what it sounds like it does - it can detect pedestrians (they have a whole seperate detection system for animals by the way) crossing the road, and will automatically pull the brakes on the car if the driver doesn’t.
2. My favourite feature is the "Lane Keeping Aid" — when I have this feature activated, my car sends a polite warning when the car drifts off a lane unintentionally. If I forget to signal when changing lanes, the steering wheel gently vibrates and kindly steers me back..
3. Adaptive Cruise Control - now this function really makes me feel like we're heading into a driver-less future!! When activated, the car will detect the speed of the car ahead and adapts it to its own speed with a time interval to keep some distance. This is a kind of semi-autonomos driving that comes in super handy during traffics because it gives your feet some time to rest (haven’t tried this yet because the roads are so clear, but I will one day!)
And ! Get this — Volvo shares their safety research in their online E.V.A. database which anyone can download. So kind 💙
In the spirit of now, just wanna wish you all the safest of the times 💙 keeping ourselves and each other safe is the kindest of things we can do.
(Photo taken whilst parked)
*source: www.cdc.gov
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