The Highway Loss Data Institute estimates when such features as autobrake and forward collision warning will represent the norm in how all registered vehicles are equipped.
It’s a great time for fleet managers to make a real difference, save money, save lives, and make their businesses more productive.
A new IIHS study finds that forward collision warning systems that include automatic emergency braking cut rear-end crash rates by 39%.
In 2016, the automaker will begin testing autonomous Fusion Hybrids on California streets in an initiative driven by the company’s quickly expanding Silicon Valley-based research center.
New research indicates that one in three Americans would feel safer knowing autonomous vehicles were on the road.
European and Australian researchers conclude that vehicles equipped with such technology were involved in 38 percent fewer rear-end crashes, compared to vehicles without the technology.
The growing availability of forward collision warning and automatic braking systems is changing how vehicles are judged for safety.
The automaker is making such features as forward collision warning and autonomous emergency braking available for the compact sedan and compact hatchback classes.
Highway-safety lobbies have petitioned the NHTSA to require forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking systems on all new trucks and buses rated at 10,000 pounds or more GVW.
The insurer takes into account such technologies as City Safety, a low-speed collision avoidance system, which comes standard on all current Volvo models.