Last month, Volvo Cars USA announced that it had joined several other automakers in committing to make Automatic Emergency Braking and Forward Collision Warning standard on all of its new Volvo models by 2018. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) are encouraging all major automakers to join their pledge by 2022. Keep reading to find out more!
The Volvo brand has long made driver safety a priority in its design and manufacturing. A study conducted by the IIHS earlier this year showed that the Volvo brand’s City Safety system, which includes the brand’s Automatic Emergency Braking function, had already reduced rear-end collisions by 41 percent and injuries to occupants of vehicles in collisions by 47 percent. Lex Kerssemakers, President & CEO of Volvo Car USA, had this to say about signing on to the pledge:
"Automatic Emergency Braking is a critical part of our Vision 2020, which states that no one should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo by the year 2020. Thousands of Volvo owners have already realized the benefits of this technology."
The Volvo brand’s Vision 2020 encourages the development of new safety technologies and making them standard across the new Volvo lineup. Recent technologies include Large Animal Detection with Automatic Braking, Cyclist and Pedestrian with Automatic Braking, Intersection Auto Brake, and more! The Large Animal Detection with Automatic Braking warns drivers about large animals that have entered the roadway and will stop the vehicle if the driver does not respond quickly enough. This tech will be on the 2017 Volvo S90 and 2017 Volvo XC90. The cyclist and pedestrian with automatic braking tech provides advanced warning and automatic braking when cyclists and pedestrians are detected and is now available on all new Volvo models. The Intersection Auto Brake made its debut with the 2016 Volvo XC90 and will help prevent drivers from steering into oncoming traffic at an intersection.
To learn more about all these great features as well as the City Safety package, head on down to your Chicagoland Volvo dealers, Fields Volvo Northfield, to speak to a member of our team today!