Volvo trucks and safety developments

[Fnaar]

Interesting...

 

[luckyfox]

Very interesting, does this driving for dummys come as standard for every chav/white van man/taxi too?

 

[steveindenmark]

Luckyfox, one of the worlds largest truck companies is doing something to make it safer for us all and all you can do is criticise.

How sad.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

We can thank Volvo for;
- Laminated Glass
- 3 point seatbelts
- SIPS
- Blind Spot Information System (BLIS)
- Patents... WHIPS, ROPS, DSTC, SIPS (already listed above)

So good on them for taking a lead as usual.

Below taken from Wikipedia, so it must be true (not)
Safety milestones (This list is not necessarily Volvo innovations, but dates when Volvo incorporated the technology into its cars)...

1944 Safety cage
1944 Laminated windscreen
1957 Anchor points for 2–point safety belts, front
1958 Anchor points for 2–point safety belts, rear
1959 3–point safety belt, standard in front seats
1964 Rearward–facing child safety seat, first prototype tested
1966 Crumple zones front and rear
1966 Safety door–locks
1969 Inertia reel safety belts
1971 Reminder safety belt
1972 3-point safety belt, for outer rear seats
1972 Rearward–facing child safety seat
1974 Multistage impact absorbing steering column
1974 Bulb integrity sensor
1975 Braking system with stepped bore master cylinder
1978 Child safety booster cushion
1982 "Anti–submarining" protection
1986 3-point safety belt, for centre rear seat
1990 Integrated child safety cushion, in centre rear seat
1991 SIPS – Side Impact Protection System
1991 Automatic height adjusting safety belt
1992 Reinforced rear seats, in estate models
1995 Integrated child safety cushion, for outer rear seats
1997 ROPS – Roll Over Protection System (C70)
1998 WHIPS – Whiplash Protection System
1998 IC – Inflatable Curtain
2001 SCC – Volvo Safety Concept Car
2002 RSC – Roll Stability Control
2003 VIVA – Volvo Intelligent Vehicle Architecture, new front structure (S40, V50)
2003 Rear seat belt reminders (S40, V50)
2003 IDIS – Intelligent Driver Information System, a system that selectively blocks information to the driver in complex traffic situations and lets the information through once the situation has calmed down again (S40, V50)
2003 Volvo's Traffic Accident Research Team, inaugurated in Bangkok
2004 BLIS – Blind Spot Information System, informing the driver of vehicles in the blind spots, using a yellow LED in the A-pillars (S40, V50)
2005 DMIC – Door Mounted Inflatable Curtain (new C70)
2006 PCC – Personal Car Communicator (new S80)
2006 CWBS – Collision Warning with Brake Support, a system that warns the driver and gives brake support when a collision with another vehicle in front of the car is imminent (new S80)
2006 EPB – Electrical Parking Brake (new S80)
2007 DAC – Driver Alert Control, a Driver Drowsiness Detection system that alerts the driver when the system detects that he/she is becoming tired (S80, V70, XC70)
2007 LDW – Lane Departure Warning, a system that warns the driver for unintended lane departures (S80, V70, XC70)
2007 CWAB – Collision Warning with Auto Brake, a system that automatically brakes the car when a collision with another vehicle in front of the car is imminent (S80, V70, XC70)
2007 DA – Distance Alert, a system that helps the driver keeping a safe distance to the vehicle ahead, by continuously measuring the distance and lighting up the vehicle's Head Up Display if the time gap becomes shorter than what the driver has specified (S80, V70, XC70)
2007 Alcoguard, a hand-held device that the driver blows into before he/she can start the car, mainly aimed for the company-car sector, taxi operators, state authorities and municipalities (S80, V70, XC70)
2008 City Safety, a system that automatically brakes the car at speeds below 30 km/h (19 mph) if an obstruction is detected in front of the car (new XC60)
2010 Pedestrian Detection with Auto Brake, a system that warns the driver and automatically brakes the car when a collision with a pedestrian in front of the car is imminent (new S60)
2012 Pedestrian Airbag, covering the A-pillars and the lower part of the windscreen in case of collision with a pedestrian (new V40)
2012 Knee Airbag, for the driver (new V40)
2012 Upgraded City Safety, now working up to 50 km/h (31 mph) (S80, V70, XC70, XC60, S60, V60, new V40)
2012 LKA – Lane Keeping Aid, a system that steers the car back into the lane again if it's about to unintentionally drift out of the lane (new V40)
2012 RSI – Road Sign Information, a system that reads road signs and displays them in the information display, thereby helping the driver to remember speed limits, no-overtaking stretches, low-speed areas, etc. (S80, V70, XC70, XC60, S60, V60, new V40)
2012 Enhanced BLIS, now being able to detect approaching vehicles up to 70 meters behind the car (new V40)
2012 CTA – Cross Traffic Alert, alerting the driver of crossing traffic approaching from the sides (up to 30 meters away) when reversing out of a parking space (new V40)
2013 Cyclist Detection with Auto Brake, a system that warns the driver and automatically brakes the car when a collision with a cyclist travelling in the same direction as the car in front of the car is imminent (S80, V70, XC70, XC60, S60, V60, V40)

Cheers

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

The sooner vehicles become properly driverless the sooner we'll be safe. This is another step along the way

 

[Deleted member 35268]

I have a beaten up old Volvo S40, it just won't die. But I only use it when not riding my bike, so not very often

 

[young Ed]

can they fit this to my local busses after i had one pass me today at less than a hairs distance!first it forced me off the road and then drove very close to the edge to try and get as close as possible

infact i think i will email them, unfortunately i didn't have a camera so i doubt much will happen and as i didn't actually get knocked off, but this is too close to just brush off as a close pass or a bad overtake
Cheers Ed

 

[Dayvo]

Off topic, but saw this sticker today:

Volvo - a poor man's Ferrari.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Not a lot of people know this ... but Volvo not only invented the 3-point seat-belt, they immediately put the design into the public domain so that other car manufacturers could use it free from royalty payment.

 

[CopperBrompton]

http://www.arnoldclark.com/newsroom...the-patent-for-their-most-important-invention