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This upcoming year, General Motors will be introducing new pedestrian accident avoidance systems in its mainstream vehicles. This is a first for the industry, which typically only offers pedestrian avoidance technology in luxury vehicles. GM will be able to offer this safety system in the newest models of its lower-priced vehicles, including the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu and the 2016 Cadillac CT6 sedan.
The newly designed system only uses camera and software technology, as opposed to the radar technology used in previous pedestrian avoidance systems. The price differential is a few hundred dollars, which makes it significantly more affordable for those who in the past could not afford to add active safety features to their vehicles.
In tests done with the ’16 Malibu, the car came to a stop from a speed of 15 mph when test dummies darted in front of the vehicle. Although this system is a step in the right direction for making pedestrian safety systems widely available, the camera-based system is still not as effective as those that use radar. GM pointed out that the camera system “can mitigate but won’t avoid crashes at speeds of 20 to 40 mph, and may not be of much use in collisions at higher speeds.”
The same camera that is used for this new system has been used in the past and will continue to be used in other GM active safety vehicle features. For the past few years, it has been used for the lane-departure warnings and forward-collisions alerts in GM’s lower-cost vehicles. Now GM is expanding its use and including the camera technology in the new “city speed automatic front braking” system, which stops or lessens the impact of a rear-end collision. GM engineers are also working on upgrading the system to include bicycle detection. GM’s global product chief, Mark Reuss, told reporters that the systems being developed may become the foundation for crash avoidance systems in future autonomous vehicles.
Active safety features are important to the future of vehicles because they help drivers avoid car or at least reduce the damage caused when car accidents occur. As this type of technology becomes affordable for the average consumer, it is important to make sure the next vehicle you buy has some of the following active safety features:
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