2. Background  Leading the market in car safety for 80 years  Have created features such as;  Three point seat belt  Rear facing child seats  Side impact protection systems  Blind spot information systems

3. Head of Volvo safety team ““If you look into the future, we as a community will not accept that we have injuries” -J-Jan Ivarsson

4. Technology Radar and Sonar Technology “Cyclist detection system” “Road train”

5. Volvo technologies TechnologyDescriptionExisting in Volvos alreadyFuture technology Pedestrian detection Automatically breaks to avoid collision with pedestrians. ✔ − External airbag Deploys in the event of a collision with a pedestrian ✔ − Collision avoidance Automatic self-breaking-monitors vehicles in front and automatically applies breaks to avoid collisions with slowing down cars. ✔ − Automatic breaking at junctions Automatically breaks if driver accelerates at a junction or crossroad into path of an approaching vehicle − ✔ Adaptive cruise control Radar scans distance to the car in front and automatically adjust speed to maintain the pre-set distance to car in front. − ✔ Autopilot convoy driving Cars link together electronically to drive themselves in special motorway "road trains". − ✔

6. Advantages  Lower accidents and fatality rates  Forces competition to innovate as well  In the long run it will save millions of lives

7. Disadvantages PPublic acceptance? CCan you fully trust a computer driven car? WWho will take the blame?

8. Conclusion  Vision 2020 takes car safety to a new level  Others following (Google’s driverless car)  Many more years of pioneering to come

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