The Challenges for ‘Active’ Safety

Monday, June 27th, 2005

The Challenges for ‘Active’ Safety looks at the next wave of auto safety devices:

Infiniti is already offering on its FX sport utility vehicle a system that warns the driver when he or she wanders out of the lane without signaling.

One benefit of these systems, besides helping dozing drivers from wandering off the pavement, is that they encourage wide-awake motorists to signal lane changes. UMTRI researcher Jim Sayer said a study found that motorists in a vehicle equipped with a lane-departure warning system were 30% less likely to dodge into the left lane without signaling, and 35% less likely to make an unsignaled lane shift to the right.

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