New vehicle tech will prevent head-on collisions

New semi-autonomous vehicle technology from Volvo, revealed at the Geneva Motor Show, will prevent head-on collisions by automatically steering vehicles out of the path of ongoing coming cars if they are travelling in the wrong lane. The new technology is designed to provide the driver with automatic steering assistance or support to help avoid potential collisions. Volvo’s New Zealand general manager Coby Duggan says, “the company’s research into collision avoidance systems has shown they can reduce some types of crashes by 45 percent”. Duggan says” the company is introducing a system called Oncoming Lane Mitigation, which helps drivers to avoid collisions with vehicles in an oncoming lane.” The system works by alerting a driver who has unwittingly wandered out of a driving lane by providing automatic steering assistance, guiding them back into their own lane and out of the path of any oncoming vehicle. This system is active between 60-140 km/h.