What is Volvo Collision Avoidance System?

The collision avoidance assistance function can help you to reduce the risk of the car accidentally leaving its lane and/or colliding with another vehicle or obstacle by actively steering the car back into the lane and/or swerving.

What is collision avoid assistance in Volvo?

The Collision avoidance assistance function is designed to help the driver reduce the risk of the car leaving its lane unintentionally and/or colliding with another vehicle or obstacle by actively steering the car back into its lane and/or swerving.

What is Volvo rear collision mitigation?

The Rear Collision Warning. (RCW) function can help the driver to avoid being hit by a vehicle approaching from behind. Immediately before a collision from behind, this function may also activate the foot brake in order to reduce the forward acceleration of the car during the collision.

Does my Volvo have city safety?

Your Volvo is equipped standard with City Safety which is a driver support system to help warn the driver to pedestrians, cyclists, and other vehicles that may emerge in front of your vehicle without much warning. In the case of pedestrians, City Safety can reduce speed by up to 28 mph (45 km/h).

Is BLIS standard on all Volvos?

BLIS and CTA default on for every drive cycle. Rear Collision Warning (RCW) is function can help avoid rear-end collisions and is activated every time the Volvo is started but is only activated when a vehicle is rapidly approaching your vehicle from behind.

What is Volvo brake Assist?

The brake assist system (BAS ) helps to increase brake force during braking, and can thereby shorten the braking distance. The system detects the way in which the driver brakes and increases brake force where necessary. The brake force can be boosted up to the level when the ABS system is engaged.

Do collision avoidance systems work?

IIHS studies have shown a 14% reduction in lane-change crashes and a 23% reduction in lane-change crashes with injuries in vehicles with this capability. Cross Traffic Warning: A visual, audible, or haptic alert if an object is currently out of camera range, but appears to be moving into it.

Is Volvo a safe car?

Volvo XC60 is the safest car you can buy in 2018 – and it got nearly 100% in Euro NCAP crash test. The family SUV was praised for protecting both adults and children in a high-speed crash.

What cars have collision warning systems?

BMW had two of its products recognized, the 5-Series and the X5 Sport Activity Vehicle . The Mercedes-Benz E-Class and the Hyundai Genesis rounded out the list. All eight of the top-rated models have forward collision warning with auto-braking.

What are the safety ratings on a Volvo?

Safety. The 2018 S60 received a five-star overall rating from the NHTSA (the highest possible rating). The IIHS considers the S60 to be a 2017 Top Safety Pick+, the highest designation, because the Volvo received the highest rating of Good in all five crash tests and the highest rating of Superior for front crash prevention.

What is forward collision avoidance assist system?

The Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) system switch in incorporated in the cluster under the User Setting Menu (USM), it allows the driver to Enable or Disable the FCA system. The FCA system (state) is ON by default and does not return to the previous driver settings with the next ignition cycle.