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Gizmodo Australia Tests Volvo's Pedestrian Safety Technology

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Uploaded by on Nov 1, 2011

Volvo's world first pedestrian detection and auto-brake technology uses radar and cameras to detect people in the way, and if you don't brake in time, it'll do it for you. Gizmodo Australia's Alex Kidman and Elly Hart wanted to see how this worked for ourselves.

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  • @cookie852 First off, the systems actually works in speeds over 30 km/h too, but cannot completely avoid an accident but make it less harmful. Secondly, according to the studies made by various insurance companies, these kinds of systems really does decrease the numbers of accidents with pedestrians and cars. And as always, Volvo is a step ahead of it's competitors when it comes to safety!

  • This is a ridiculous system, when are people going to be going under 30kp/h and not be able to stop in time for a pedestrian. Even if the person steps out at the last minute the radar will have just as little time to respond as the driver who should be aware of these things anyway.

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