Volvo is a well-known name in the world of auto manufacturers and has been around since 1927. Although the Swedish-born company primarily focus on buses, trucks and construction equipment as their bread and butter, they are certainly making a name for themselves within the car industry.
One of the latest statement issued byVolvo has people eager to see if it can be achieved as they pledge that by 2020 no one will be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car or SUV. That is a pretty bold statement, and is it even possible? Well, take away the idiots or crazy people, and the answer is probably yes.
Data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says there is a total of 9 different vehicle models that no one in the U.S. had a fatal accident in between 2009-2012, including the Volvo XC90, so perhaps death proof are more common than we first thought. Volvo already monitors fatalities in their vehicles so that they can tell how much safer a vehicle has become after introducing a new type of crash prevention technology, so this is the first step for them in being able to achieve their goals.
Volvo, as well as many other car manufacturers, have pledged to be selling autonomous vehicles by 2020 and a lot of this technology is already being used on the market today such as adaptive cruise control that detects vehicles ahead and automatically brakes to keep you a safe distance away and auto lane keeping assist that keeps you in the correct position on the road. Other significant autonomous features that are already in operation are pedestrian and large animal detection that will automatically apply the brakes when in danger of hitting either and collision avoidance which does the same thing.
It is great to see so many manufacturers, including Volvo, make a move towards the autonomous world of driving, but there is still a long way to go before everyone will be convinced of its safety. Until there is a zero failure rate for this technology, it will be difficult to get everyone on board. But, with the amount of time and money that is pent globally on achieving these goals, anything is possible.
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