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Its aim is to assist the driver in the event that this is distracting for some reason it just as you must access the brake to avoid an accident.
The system consists of an infrared laser that detects and analyzes the distance that the car is on.
When you have to use the city safety system is like the car detects a potential problem and are recharged more brakes to slow more rapidly, other than that off the accelerator if the nerves of the time operated by the driver inadvertently accelerator.
The system is activated when the car passes the 4km/hy is disabled when the car exceeds 30 km / h.
Yet with all of the above system is not foolproof because it according to the volvo factory says that the operation of the system also depends on the reflections having the car in front, if the car is too dirty salvage carthe system may IR does not recognize the car ahead and can inadvertently cause the crash.
The same happens when the car runs ahead of the Volvo is not perfectly aligned with it, the system does not recognize it.
If driving on slippery roads slowed the reference should be even higher than normal that's why the system can also fail in this case.
In either of these cases, as the manufacturer, the last word has a driver.
The Volvo City Safety has won the Innovation Award Very Automotive section against the other finalists: Lexus RX 450h, the hydrogen rotary engine and Mazda Splitview S Class Mercedes Benz.
