When it comes to safety, Volvo is committed to making driving safer with IntelliSafe technologies including City Safety. City Safety is an auto brake technology that uses designed to help the driver avoid low speed collisions when driving in slow-moving, stop-and-go traffic. City Safety technology is always looking out for you – detecting potential danger ahead, warning you and preparing the brakes for a quick response. Whether it be another vehicle, a cyclist or even a pedestrian, City Safety is your co-pilot on the road to safety.
Volvo's City Safety technology works with the use of camera and radar unit integrated at the top of the windscreen in front of the interior rear-view mirror. The radar detect objects in front of the car to determine their position & movement and the distance to them.
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Collision Avoidance Automatic Braking
Volvo's City Safety automatic braking technology protects pedestrians, whether they are in motion or standing still. Mounted lasers detect pedestrians or cyclists and if a potential collision is detected, City Safety responds with a warning to the driver.
If the driver does not respond to the alert, your Volvo vehicle will apply the brake in an effort to avoid – or lessen – the impact. If a cyclist should swerve in front of your Volvo, cyclist detection technology issues an alert and will apply the brake for you if a rapid response is necessary.
Volvo indicates that City Safety addresses:
- Oncoming vehicles, including motorcycles and cycles, when the driver turns left (or right in left-hand traffic). City Safety detects a potential crash and brakes automatically in order to avoid a collision or mitigate the consequences of a crash.
- Vehicles, including motorcycles, traveling in the same direction. City Safety is able to avoid a collision if the relative speed difference between the two vehicles is up to 31 mph. At speeds higher than 31 mph, the automatic braking system assists in reducing the consequences of the collision.
- Cyclists crossing the path of the car or suddenly swerving out in front it. Pedestrians walking out in front of the car. Depending on the situation, City Safety is able to avoid a collision if the relative speed difference is up to 28 mph or assists in reducing the consequences of the impact.
Auto Brake at Intersections – A World First!
Volvo's City Safety, if you are about to turn into the path of an oncoming car, it detects if a collision is imminent, braking for you to reduce the severity of an impact, or avoid it altogether. Volvo is helping to make one of the most common types of collision less likely to occur by assisting in detecting a potential collision.
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Volvo's vision is that no one should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo by 2020. Today, Volvo's City Safety is your co-pilot and contains features that make a collision less likely or reducing its impact. If safety is a priority for you, head to our Bergen County Volvo dealership location today and check out the latest lineup with City Safety.