Volvo Suffers Another Auto-Stop Safety System Failure In Public Fashion [Video]
Volvo's new Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Brake is under scrutiny after a series of demonstrations for journalists in Australia went awry in rather spectacular fashion. During the presentation, an inflatable test dummy was run down after the system failed to detect its presence in time to stop -- and this was under controlled conditions. The optional hardware, which debuts on the 2011 S60 and V60 wagon, uses both radar and camera technology to avoid or mitigate an accident with a pedestrian by automatically slowing the vehicle to either a full stop or at least initiating full braking to lower the rate of impact Volvo says the system can avoid a collision at speeds up to 22 mph. At higher speeds, the system just tries to get the car slowed as much as possible.
Here is how it was supposed to work:
Source: Volvo Suffers Another Auto-Stop Safety System Failure In Public Fashion [Video]
Here is how it was supposed to work:
Source: Volvo Suffers Another Auto-Stop Safety System Failure In Public Fashion [Video]
