{"id":92156,"date":"2015-04-03T00:24:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T04:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=92156"},"modified":"2015-04-03T00:24:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T04:24:40","slug":"crash-automakers-race-to-outdo-each-other-with-new-low-cost-anti-crash-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2015\/04\/crash-automakers-race-to-outdo-each-other-with-new-low-cost-anti-crash-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash: Automakers Race to Outdo Each Other with New, Low-Cost Anti-Crash Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_91598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91598\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/2015\/03\/toyota-and-lexus-to-introduce-low-cost-auto-braking-system\/toyoya-2015-precollision-system\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91598\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91598\" title=\"TOYOYA 2015 PRECOLLISION SYSTEM\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/TOYOYA-2015-PRECOLLISION-SYSTEM-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toyota&#39;s Precollision System uses a camera and laser radar to detect objects and prompt the driver to brake with an audio and visual alert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is one collision motorists can look forward to.<\/p>\n<p>Just in time for this week\u2019s New York Auto Show, Toyota announced plans to roll out several low-cost packages combining an assortment of advanced anti-collision technologies. Rival makers have spent the last few days promising to come up with comparable systems, suggesting that they could yield huge reductions in highway crashes, injuries and deaths.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43252\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/subscribe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43252\" title=\"Subscribe 29\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Subscribe-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Subscribe-29.jpg 152w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Subscribe-29-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your Safety News Source!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so serious about safety we will introduce this technology on virtually all of our vehicles, from top to bottom,\u201d promised Bill Fay, head of the Toyota division, during a Thursday news conference at New York\u2019s Jacob Javits convention center.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Priced anywhere from $300 to $635, the Toyota systems will start with such features as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-collision System, or PCS. Using a camera and laser radar, it can detect a potential frontal collision, initially alerting the driver. If no action is taken, it can apply the brakes to either prevent, or at least reduce the severity of, a crash;<\/li>\n<li>Lane Departure Alert, or LDA, uses a camera to detect when a vehicle starts to drift out of its lane, sounding an alert to get the driver to regain control;<\/li>\n<li>Automatic High Beam, or AHB, also uses a camera, in this case to detect oncoming vehicles and the taillights of vehicles ahead, automatically switching the high beams on and off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The upgraded package will add the ability to spot pedestrians who might be in the vehicle\u2019s path, sounding an alert or, if necessary, applying the brakes automatically.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Lund, director of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, or IIHS, has called forward collision warning systems one of the automotive safety biggest breakthroughs in recent years, government data revealing a significant reduction in crashes. The IIHS won\u2019t even give its Top Safety Pick+ rating to vehicles that don\u2019t offer some version of anti-collision technology.<\/p>\n<p>Several other automakers, such as Subaru, have begun combining advanced safety features and driving down costs. Industry officials note it\u2019s possible to share cameras, radar and other sensors, as well as the necessary computing systems, for different functions. That helps drive down costs much the way electronic makers have been able to do so by packing in smartphone features.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(Toyota and Lexus to introduce low-cost auto-braking system. For more, <\/em><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/2015\/03\/toyota-and-lexus-to-introduce-low-cost-auto-braking-system\/\">Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong><em>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPackaging technology makes sense,\u201d said Alan Batey, president of North American operations at General Motors. It helps drive down costs, and \u201calso helps proliferate\u201d the technology, said Batey, adding that, \u201cYou\u2019ll see us doing that, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(<\/em><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/2015\/03\/new-ford-system-could-spell-end-to-speeding-tickets\/\">Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong><em> for details Ford\u2019s new speed control system.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For decades, the auto industry mantra was that \u201csafety doesn\u2019t sell.\u201d But that has turned upside down. \u201cOne of the first requests consumers have is safety,\u201d said Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, during a NY Auto Show interview. \u201cAnd those requests are becoming more sophisticated. I\u2019m expecting all those (collision avoidance) functions to become more generalized and drop in cost,\u201d Ghosn added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(To see more about Opel\u2019s eye-tracking technology, <\/em><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/2015\/03\/opel-keeps-an-eye-on-your-eyes\/\">Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong><em>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Such technology, Ghosn added, is fundamental to the autonomous vehicles expected to become commonplace in the coming decades. For its part, Nissan hopes to have its first fully autonomous vehicle in showrooms sometime in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Both safety groups like IIHS, along with federal regulators, are watching closely to see how effective the new generation of advanced anti-collision technology proves to be. Some advocates say it will prove critical to the long-term goal of reaching zero deaths on US highways. And some believe that if the technology does prove effective it may eventually be required, much as antilock brakes and stability control went from being $2,000 options to standard gear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one collision motorists can look forward to. Toyota announced plans to roll out low-cost packages combining an assortment of advanced anti-collision technologies forcing rivals to promise they have similar systems on the way, according to TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92156"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=92156"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=92156"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=92156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}