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Volvo Wins Safety Award

John Inserra
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Posted by John InserraApril 18, 2008 10:16 AM
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Volvo has won an award for the development of "City Safety."  The XC60 is Volvo's first car to have this system. Approximately 75% of all collisions are at speeds less than 30 km/h (18 mph). In 50 percent of cases the driver does not even brake before the collision and the reason is usually insufficient concentration. If the vehicle in front brakes suddenly and City Safety assesses that a collision is imminent, the brakes are prepared for action. If the driver does not take action, the car is braked automatically. At speeds less than 15 km/h (9 mph) City Safety can entirely avoid accidents, at speeds between 17 - 30 km/h (10-18 mph) the system applies brake force to reduce vehicle speed and help reduce occupant injuries and vehicle damage. 

This system sounds promising.  As usual Volvo still leads automobile manufactures in designing safer cars for us all to drive.

 

 

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Deb
Posted by Deb
April 18, 2008 10:49 AM

I encountered a potential safetly issue while driving behind the Volvo Station Wagon. When the sunlight is shining on the rear of the Volvo Station Wagon it is very difficult to notice the directional signal due to the light cover being white. The sunlight actually makes the directional difficult to see. I find that vehicles with red directionals are also very difficult to be aware of. In my opinion Break Lights should be red, Reverse lights should be white, and Directionals should be yellow. I think car manufactuers try to save money by combining the directional color with the break lights? I apologize if I sound like a nudge but if safety is #1 on the books why change the one thing that drivers rely on. If the stop lights indicate red as stop, yellow as slow then so should the vehicle indicators. Thank You

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