Volvo’s new ‘Collision Warning with Emergency Brake’ system stops a speeding truck

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According to Volvo, this system has the ability to prevent collisions of relative speeds up to 70 km/h (43.5 mph) and works with stationary or moving targets. In other words, the system will prevent a collision between a truck and another vehicle when the truck is going 70 km/h (or less) faster than the other vehicle.

The system uses radar and camera to keep track of vehicles in front of trucks. If the system detects that the truck will hit the vehicle in front of it at the truck’s current speed, the system displays a red light as a warning to the driver. If the driver does not make any speed or steering adjustments, the warnings start flashing and beeping. If the driver still makes no adjustments, the truck automatically starts to slowly brake. If slowly brake is not good enough to prevent the collision, the emergency brake is activated to do whatever is possible to stop the truck.

 
i expect the lights to blink like crazy the moment someone takes it out on a road and soon enough its gonna get turned off like the stupid gear shift indicator lights.
 
Will this system will work if some Dog, Cat, Cow or Buffalo come in front of the vehicle, or if there is some big stone in road will this system perform ? ?

If yes, then i am starting saving to buy next volvo equipped with this system :D
 
chiron said:
i expect the lights to blink like crazy the moment someone takes it out on a road and soon enough its gonna get turned off like the stupid gear shift indicator lights.
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I don't think so. The feature is useful at cruising speeds on the interstates/autobahns where most people do drive with a reasonable distance between cars. In city traffic, hitting a relative speed of 45 mph with a quick decrease in distance is infrequent enough to stop it from getting too bothersome. (Maybe if a car in front brakes really late for a stop light?)

Also, once the insurance companies offer a discount if your vehicles have this, the fleets would start getting interested in installing it.
 
this feature was first introduced on mercs years ago.. car would slow down as the vehicle infront slows down and would stop if the vehicle in front stops all together. as watched on topgear :p
 
One question, what will happen to the car behind it? It will surely crash into the truck and cause a mess, it would work if all cars would be equipped with it.
 
RD274 said:
Glad to see it finally working.

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Actually, the driver in this case has to have the foot on the accelerator for the sensor to be activated.. it is just human error.. :P

on a second note, my s60 has had such emergency brake activations in pune a couple of times.. once when i accelerated after the signal turned green and the car in front of me thought of just stalling in the way.. the car just activated the brake and i was saved :P
 
^ i was just about to mention that this tech is already with @kauzy s60, can you please share will this work if we get cow or dog in front of it :unsure:
 
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Being.smart said:
^ i was just about to mention that this tech is already with kauzy s60, can you please share will this work if we get cow or dog in front of it :unsure:
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I doubt whether it works with a dog or cow at such high speeds when they just pop up in front of the car from nowhere, or anything random for that matter. This system assumes that everyone drives in a lane lol, just to avoid false positives, and you know how lane discipline works here.
 
Being.smart said:
^ i was just about to mention that this tech is already with kauzy s60, can you please share will this work if we get cow or dog in front of it :unsure:
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actually i haven't tried it on cows or dogs or any other animals as yet.. though IIRC, the camera in the volvo is designed to identify human figures and may not apply for animals.. also note that the system only works <65 kmph..
 
I hope the bumper is ready to take extra hits.

My car is advanced does not mean the car behind me will also stop.
 
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