Ford develops early warning system. Ford has developed and tested an advanced driver assistance system which gives advanced warning when vehicles on the road ahead are braking hard. Many rear-end collisions are caused when drivers brake too late, too little, or not at all. Giving them more time to react could reduce the number of accidents or mitigate the severity of injuries. The technology is one of several conceived for the Sim TD intelligent transport project in Germany.
Ford's chief technical officer, Paul Mascarenas, said: “Car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communications represent one of the next major advancements in vehicle safety. Ford is committed to further real-world testing here and around the world with the goal of implementation in the foreseeable future.”
The system triggers a warning signal if a vehicle ahead initiates emergency braking. The signal is transmitted to vehicles nearby to give advanced warning of the braking event by illuminating a warning light on the dashboard. The function is particularly effective if the vehicle which is braking is obscured by the traffic in front, or if it is out of sight altogether – just around the next bend, for instance.
The system was developed by Ford's European research centre in Aachen. The four-year, €53million SimTD project took place on public roads in and around Frankfurt and was a collaboration between OEMs, Tier Ones, government, academia and infrastructure and utilities firms.
Source : http://ae-plus.com
Ford's chief technical officer, Paul Mascarenas, said: “Car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communications represent one of the next major advancements in vehicle safety. Ford is committed to further real-world testing here and around the world with the goal of implementation in the foreseeable future.”The system triggers a warning signal if a vehicle ahead initiates emergency braking. The signal is transmitted to vehicles nearby to give advanced warning of the braking event by illuminating a warning light on the dashboard. The function is particularly effective if the vehicle which is braking is obscured by the traffic in front, or if it is out of sight altogether – just around the next bend, for instance.
The system was developed by Ford's European research centre in Aachen. The four-year, €53million SimTD project took place on public roads in and around Frankfurt and was a collaboration between OEMs, Tier Ones, government, academia and infrastructure and utilities firms.
Source : http://ae-plus.com
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