BMW safety systems for the future
23 May 2011|3,033 views
The first system is called left turn assistant, and uses the navigation system to detect when the vehicle is approaching an intersection. When that happens, a camera is activated to determine if the driver is in the left-turn lane. Once that is determined, three lasers scan the road to detect any oncoming vehicles or motorcycles within 100 metres of the car's front bumper. If the driver attempts to make the turn and an oncoming vehicle is detected, the car automatically applies the brakes and alerts the driver.
The other system is called Car-to-x, which increases the car’s range of detection to 250 metres. It uses a WLAN communication module to broadcast location and speed data to other nearby vehicles, and when two vehicles equipped with the technology are headed for a collision, the oncoming car or motorcycle would illuminate its headlights and sound its horn. Should the driver of the second vehicle failed to notice, their car would automatically have the brakes applied.
Source: BMW
The first system is called left turn assistant, and uses the navigation system to detect when the vehicle is approaching an intersection. When that happens, a camera is activated to determine if the driver is in the left-turn lane.
Once that is determined, three lasers scan the road to detect any oncoming vehicles or motorcycles within 100 metres of the car's front bumper. If the driver attempts to make the turn and an oncoming vehicle is detected, the car automatically applies the brakes and alerts the driver.
The other system is called Car-to-x, which increases the car’s range of detection to 250 metres. It uses a WLAN communication module to broadcast location and speed data to other nearby vehicles, and when two vehicles equipped with the technology are headed for a collision, the oncoming car or motorcycle would illuminate its headlights and sound its horn. Should the driver of the second vehicle failed to notice, their car would automatically have the brakes applied.
Source: BMW
Once that is determined, three lasers scan the road to detect any oncoming vehicles or motorcycles within 100 metres of the car's front bumper. If the driver attempts to make the turn and an oncoming vehicle is detected, the car automatically applies the brakes and alerts the driver.
The other system is called Car-to-x, which increases the car’s range of detection to 250 metres. It uses a WLAN communication module to broadcast location and speed data to other nearby vehicles, and when two vehicles equipped with the technology are headed for a collision, the oncoming car or motorcycle would illuminate its headlights and sound its horn. Should the driver of the second vehicle failed to notice, their car would automatically have the brakes applied.
Source: BMW
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