Volvo is wanting to make the lives of cyclists safer with the introduction of wearable innovation that communicates to cars. set to be demonstrated at the worldwide consumer electronics show (CES) in January 2015, the tech aims to considerably decrease collisions between cars and trucks as well as bikes.
Developed by Volvo in conjunction with communications huge Ericsson as well as protective sports gear producer POC, the innovation is integrated into both the helmet of the bicyclist as well as the car’s security cautioning systems. Demonstrated in these pictures with the firm’s forthcoming XC90 SUV, it establishes a two-way connection between the cars and truck as well as cyclist.
Using a smartphone app, the bicyclist as well as car’s precise positions are showed the Volvo cloud database. If an imminent collision is predicted at any type of angle, the chauffeur of the cars and truck will be notified to the bike’s existence through a head-up screen alert. The rider will likewise get a visible cautioning with a helmet-mounted alert light.
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The world health and wellness Organisation (WHO) reported that in some countries cyclists as well as pedestrians make up over 75% of road deaths. Volvo’s Vice president Klas Bendrick stated that the firm is “getting ever better to getting rid of the staying blind areas between cars and trucks as well as cyclists”.
Such innovation already develops on the active security systems that debut in the new XC90, in specific the City security function that can detect, caution as well as auto-brake the cars and truck if sensors find an oncoming collision with a cyclist. The Swedish firm likewise states it is on track with plans to have nobody killed or seriously injured in its cars and trucks by 2020.
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