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According to a study released by the Highway Loss Data Institute, a non-profit research group, a few new technologies that promise to keep drivers safe look like they're delivering.
Particularly effective, the study said, are "forward collision avoidance systems," which alert drivers when they are quickly gaining on objects in their path and may crash.
Some of these systems feature automatic braking if the driver fails to respond.
Lane departure warnings, which alert drivers when they appear to be drifting on the road, actually appeared to increase insurance claim rates, though not by a statistically significant extent. HLDI said it would need to study the issue further to explain this finding.
HLDI said it is gathering data on other high-tech crash avoidance features like blind spot detection, park assist and backup cameras.
The report also cited a list of other high-tech crash avoidance features coming to the market.
Those include:
http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/03/autos/car-crash-technologies/index.htm?iid=GM
Particularly effective, the study said, are "forward collision avoidance systems," which alert drivers when they are quickly gaining on objects in their path and may crash.
Some of these systems feature automatic braking if the driver fails to respond.
Lane departure warnings, which alert drivers when they appear to be drifting on the road, actually appeared to increase insurance claim rates, though not by a statistically significant extent. HLDI said it would need to study the issue further to explain this finding.
HLDI said it is gathering data on other high-tech crash avoidance features like blind spot detection, park assist and backup cameras.
The report also cited a list of other high-tech crash avoidance features coming to the market.
Those include:
- Cross traffic alerts, which warn drivers their vehicle is about to cross into the path of another vehicle.
- Curve speed warning, which relies on GPS and speed information to determine if the vehicle is going too fast.
- Fatigue warning, which tracks driver behavior.
- Night vision assist, which uses infra-red imaging to look at the road ahead and project objects on a display before they are visible through the windshield.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/03/autos/car-crash-technologies/index.htm?iid=GM
