Car Collision Warning System Being Developed
27 March 2001 - 10:00am
Engineers are developing a system that will warn drivers when they are about to hit the car in front of them.
"The Ford-GM Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership -- in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Delphi Delco Electronics Systems -- has developed a preliminary version of a forward collision warning system.Researchers hope the device will make a big dent in rear-end collisions, which NHTSA says comprise about 23 percent of all police-reported crashes in the United States.The alarm involves radar that measures the distance, relative speed and angle between cars."
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Wired, March 26, 2001
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