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Toyota Develops Car Crash Avoidance System
Toyota, the Japanese auto major has also made new inventions to improve the safety of vehicle users. Toyota has now developed a crash avoidance system that is some what similar to the one developed by Volvo. Volvo uses infra red technology to detect vehicles around the car and applies emergency breaks whenever it detects a possibility of a crash.
Toyota has not given the technical details of its crash avoidance system. The system will use both front and rear cameras along with a wave radar technology to asses the presence of obstacles and pedestrians around the car.
One of the highlights of Toyota's crash avoidance system is that once the system detects a possibility of a collision it takes control of the steering wheel to avoid a crash rather than stopping the car. Toyota is also said to have developed a system that will pop the bonnet up in case of a crash. Another innovative safety technology being developed by Toyota is a device inn the steering wheel that will measure the heart rate of the driver and avoid a crash when the driver suffers a heart attack.
Toyota has not revealed when it will add the safety features in its models. Considering the cost of developing these technologies is high, Toyota might provide these safety features as options only. However with several safety related complaints against Toyota in the US hampering its clean image, the Japanese carmaker might even consider introducing these safety features in its volume selling models.
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