With the future quickly turning into tomorrow, it is important for a lot of dealers to be prepared with the latest technology that they can get their hands on. Even more so, it is important for these automaker's to have standard safety features on their cars so that people feel safer when riding in them. If not, it might just lead up to the more than 34,000 lives that were taken just in 2009 alone by traffic accidents. This seems very much like a staggering number when you think about some of the minor traffic issues that could have been avoided, and in-return, saved a life. A similar thought seems to be occurring to the automaker's of today who are mapping out their next vehicles, makes, and models to include many safety-appraised features that are trained to stop these horrible accidents as well as the terrible deaths.
That's why their stocking many dealerships like Brandon Chevrolet, and New Hampshire Ford dealers with the cars that they will find sell the best, and meet the best requirements for their consumers.
The basis of these changes happens to be an ADAS system, or Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. These systems fall under categories of being adaptive cruise control, blind-sport monitoring and lane-departure warning. However, from what we know of them, these features are relatively passive and less intrusive then what seems like is coming to be. It has been easily hinted at that these systems are going to become a much bigger part of the vehicle, and much more controlling at that. These systems are being designed and installed to not only help you be safe after your wreck, but to prevent the accident from even happening in the first place!
While this seems like the best system for any driver at first, it is understandable while most drivers would be weary of these types of programs being installed in their cars just for the simple purpose of their being a control issue. Of course, in some situations--like that of Inifiniti's Lane Departure Prevention program that can automatically steer a car back between the stripes when it starts to drift. It may keep other driver's safe this way, and the unsafe driver behind the wheel, in a much more note-worthy position so that they can fully realize that they do not need to be behind the wheel.
For some, the ADAS system upgrades that may be coming along in the near future may be a very good thing. For others, it may simply mean less-control over your vehicle and give them a little too much faith in their vehicle that may not actually be up to the caliber that the driver's believe them to have. This is where there may be a problem for Automaker's to overcome these flaws. However, for Volvo it seems they are willing to overcome these challenges by building a goal of building an "injury-proof" car by 2020.
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