Ford Wants to Know How Fast Pedestrians Are Walking to Prevent Accidents
11 Dec 2023, 19:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The carmaker has recently patented a new system running an image-based pedestrian speed estimation; the tech is aimed at autonomous vehicles
AAA Says Pedestrian Detection Systems Are “Completely Ineffective At Night”
4 Oct 2019, 08:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Neither automatic emergency braking nor pedestrian detection are perfect systems, which is why responsible driving is what matter most at the end of the day
Nissan Leaf First Car to Get Highest Rating in New Euro NCAP Crash Tests
25 Apr 2018, 11:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nissan Leaf gets a 5 star rating following a series of crash tests conducted by Euro NCAP, becomes first car to be evaluated under new protocols
Ford Introduces Pedestrian Detection Function That Works At Night
16 Mar 2017, 16:12 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ford has announced it will introduce a pedestrian detection function for its autonomous emergency braking systems. The novelty is that it also works in the dark
Unicycling Trombonist Proves Volvo's Point
30 Sep 2013, 15:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Almost every car on the road has a 5-star safety rating and so almost every car on the road has to be safe. Wrong! Volvo has made a life-long goal to be a leader in automotive safety technology a...
Continental Working on Pedestrian-Detecting Stereo Camera
9 May 2011, 13:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Continental announced it is developing a stereo camera system that will help cut down the number of seriously injured people hit by cars, as according to the company, nearly half of all accidents th...
Volvo XC60 Now Has Pedestrian Detection
16 Nov 2010, 09:18 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Keeping to its traditional image of being the brand to bring the safest cars on the road, Volvo announced that it will introduce the Pedestrian Detection function to its XC60 model. Complete with Fu...
Volvo S60 Pedestrian Detection System
10 Feb 2010, 10:54 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It is a fact that cars can do more and more by themselves every day. The way things are going, pretty soon we won’t need a driver’s license, we’ll just ask nicely our car to drive ...
2011 Volvo S60 Photos Released
10 Nov 2009, 09:41 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Volvo presented some pictures of S60, the most important car for the Swedish next year. The car looks almost identical to the sedan concept presented at the Detroit motor show last year. The product...