Jul 28, 2015

 

Vehicles today have come a long way from the bare bones features of yesterday. Airbags, crumple zones, reinforced beams in the frames. All of these things have saved lives. But automakers aren’t content to rest on that alone. With constant change and innovations, your Serving Ozark Area tells you about what’s in store for the safety of tomorrow.

 

New Kinds of Airbags

The easiest thing to do for safety is to build on what already exists. That’s why automakers are making airbags smarter and smarter. Using sensors in the seats and other strategic locations, airbags can determine how to deploy based on the crash conditions. New airbag types, like external ones for pedestrian collisions, are also on deck.

 

Automated Safety

Recently, several vehicles received a zero fatality ranking. That means that in all the crashes involving those models, not one single person was killed. How? New technology that brakes before you can or that warns you about a possible collision with someone in your blind spot.

 

Vehicles That Talk

With the next generation of on-board technology, you’re likely to start seeing cars that talk to each other. Sadly, this isn’t Knight Rider quite yet, but your car will be able to detect the speed and direction of other vehicles on the road and warn you accordingly.

 

Driverless Technology

Of course, the big thing several companies are working on is a driverless car that is market ready. In the meantime, smaller steps like adaptive cruise control that can increase or decreased speed and even make slight turns is what you can expect in the near future.