Background Leading the market in car safety for 80 years Have created features such as; Three point seat belt Rear facing child seats Side impact.

Background

Leading the market in car safety for 80 years

Have created features such as; Three point seat belt Rear facing child seats Side impact protection systems Blind spot information systems

Head of Volvo safety team

“If you look into the future, we as a community will not accept that we have injuries”

Jan Ivarsson

Technology

• Radar and Sonar Technology

• “Cyclist detection system”

• “Road train”

Volvo technologiesTechnology Description Existing in Volvos already Future technology

Pedestrian detection Automatically breaks to avoid collision with pedestrians. ✔ −

External airbagDeploys in the event of a collision with a pedestrian ✔ −

Collision avoidance

Automatic self-breaking-monitors vehicles in front and automatically applies breaks to avoid collisions with slowing down cars. ✔ −

Automatic breaking at junctions

Automatically breaks if driver accelerates at a junction or crossroad into path of an approaching vehicle − ✔

Adaptive cruise control

Radar scans distance to the car in front and automatically adjust speed to maintain the pre-set distance to car in front. − ✔

Autopilot convoy driving

Cars link together electronically to drive themselves in special motorway "road trains". − ✔

Advantages

Lower accidents and fatality rates

Forces competition to innovate as well

In the long run it will save millions of lives

Disadvantages

Public acceptance?

Can you fully trust a computer driven car?

Who will take the blame?

Conclusion

Vision 2020 takes car safety to a new level

Others following (Google’s driverless car)

Many more years of pioneering to come

References

Massey, Ray. N.p.. Web. 15 Apr 2013. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2242930/The-crashproof-car-Volvo-say-British-roads-years.html.

Swinder, Matt. "Volvo Debuts World's First Cyclist Detection System with Full Auto-brake." TechRadar. TechRadar, 28 Mar. 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.

Vijayenthiran, Viknesh. "Volvo Predicts Crash-Proof Cars By 2020: Video." Motor Authority. Motor Authority, 31 Jan. 2013. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.

"XC60 and S60 - IIHS Top Safety Pick Award.". <http://www.volvocars.com>. Volvo, 1 Jan. 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.