These assisted driving technologies could save your life
I've had my 2010 Prius for two months now and have already put about 5,000 miles on it and my favorite feature is the assisted cruise control. Basically what this means is my car partially drives itself. If the cars ahead of me slam on their brakes, so does my car. It warns me when a car is getting too close.
How does it do that? Well, my car has radar in the front of it. But I didn't really know how it worked, so when Ford invited me to meet its Chief Safety Engineer, Steve Kozak, on a press tour they were doing this week in San Francisco, I thought this would be a great way for me to learn more.
He calls these technologies "a game changer" for safety.
There's so much behind these technologies that I did two videos. The first we spend at the front of the car talking about the sensors, how far they can see, what limitations they have. The second video we spend in the car and behind the car, where we learn about how the technology actually works and see some of the cool features that this let them build into the 2010 Ford Taurus.
What do you think? Will you look for a car with these kinds of features that will let your car see ahead and warn you when a collision is possible?
I wonder when cars will go the next step and will fully drive themselves?
Anyway, this interview will let you see inside how geeks are changing how we drive.
The first video is embedded here. The second video you'll have to click to watch, but I'll embed it here after it's converted to Flash.
