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Volvo Creating Injury-Proof Car By 2020

Having been in the business of making incredibly safe vehicles for decades, Volvo is going one step further and making a "virtually" injury-proof car by the year 2020. "Virtually," because it will ensure all occupents survive all but the craziest wrecks. Not only is Volvo making the car more resistant to crashes, but they're putting stuff like radar and sonar in order to automatically force the car to brake when a collision is imminent, lowering death rates by half with just a 10 MPH decrease in smash speed. More »

7:15 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Jason Chen
4,471 views, 33 comments

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Volvo's Fully Automatic Brakes

Volvo's Collision Warning System with brake support was launched recently in its S80, where a red light flashes and a buzzer sounds if you're about to run into something. It even goes a step further and applies more brake pressure if you're not stopping fast enough. More »

8:31 AM on Mon Jun 12 2006
By Charlie White
1,820 views, 15 comments