What Are Some of the Mandatory Safety Technologies in Cars?
Won’t you wonder enough to know that safety features were something that carmakers never liked to talk about prominently? For example, seatbelts hit the market in the 1930s but were not fashionable till the 1960s. For years, carmakers refused to include them, thinking that putting on seatbelts would send a bad safety message. Nowadays, automobile manufacturers are more likely to promote safety characteristics such as fuel economy, technology, or performance. Not only that, but most of the safety features have also become mandatory for vehicles. To learn more about four must-have safety technologies in cars, keep reading the blog post by Classic Kia of Carrollton, TX.
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Adaptive Cruise Control
Most new cars come up with Adaptive Cruise Control. This system uses sensors and radar, typically mounted inside the grille, to lock onto the vehicle ahead and maintain a safe distance by automatically applying the throttle when acceleration is required and the brakes when traffic begins to slow. Drivers primarily utilize this during long highway drives or when traffic becomes congested. If the ACC system detects a potential collision, it will apply heavy braking and tighten the seatbelts.
Automatic Emergency Braking
When a forward collision is imminent, the automatic brakes are immediately applied. Dynamic brake assistance and impending collision braking are the two automatic emergency braking systems that meet NHTSA’s performance requirements.
Blind Spot Detection
Remember how you were taught to constantly look over your shoulder and utilize your mirrors to observe what was behind you and in your blind spot in driver instruction? By illuminating little orange or yellow lights in your door mirrors, blind spot detection detects what you may have missed and warns you about vehicles approaching from behind.
Lane Departure Warning
LDW is a very widespread technology that employs a front-mounted camera to track your vehicle’s position with respect to lane markings (center and side stripes). It warns when it detects the car drifting close to the lane markers on each side, prompting you to return to your lane.
It could be a visual, audible, tactile, or a combination of the three warnings. LDW systems with more advanced technology will gently guide you back into your lane. LDW will usually notice if you forget to utilize your turn signal when changing lanes.
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Before you purchase a vehicle, schedule a test drive at our dealership in Carrollton, TX to make sure whether your car has all these mandatory safety features.