Volvo has always work up some of the safest cars on the route , protecting the vehicle ’s passenger when the unthinkable happens . But now the company has add together anadditional airbagto its V40 that could save the life of a pedestrian .
In addition to a longsighted list of new features designed to protect the passengers , the young V40 want to ensure the luck of you hitting a pedestrian are decrease , and if you do , their chances of survival of the fittest are increased .
First there ’s its new Pedestrian Detection system which expend a compounding of grill - mounted radiolocation and a video camera to discover and recognize a person in the fomite ’s itinerary . It can also gauge if they ’re proceed and base on the car ’s current stop number , whether the two are on a hit trend . If there is a jeopardy of the pedestrian being hit , an hearable alarm will alert the driver . And if there ’s not enough prison term for them to react , the vehicle will mechanically brake on its own .
But sometimes there ’s not enough time to avoid hitting someone who darts out in front of your automobile . So to minimize injuries , the V40 admit an external airbag designed specifically for passengers . sensor in the bumper show the impact at which point the punk is discharge and automatically raised by an inflating airbag that extends far enough to leave a shock absorber as the person rolls up onto the fomite .
The severity of the stroke is dependent on the fomite ’s speed and how the soul was hit . But if I was a pedestrian who accidentally stepped out in front of a moving fomite , I sincerely hope there was a Volvo logo on its grill . [ VolvoviaGizmag ]
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