New Ford safety tech will help avoid accidents
Ford has announced its next-generation safety systems, which are expected to be available within the next two years.
The automaker wants to help drivers by letting them know when they are travelling in the wrong direction on the road, by making parking easier and by detecting and steering around obstacles.
Two of Ford’s new systems in development are already employed in other automakers’ vehicles, those being cross-traffic alert with automatic braking and an enhanced wide-angle camera view which should make parking easier.
The other new systems will be unique to Ford, such as the evasive steering assist, which uses radar technology and a camera to detect an impending crash and then helps the driver steer around it.
Ford notes that the car won’t just steer itself, it must be activated by the driver taking emergency action.
Driving against traffic on the wrong side of the road or on a one-way street will also be eliminated thanks to a system that uses the frontmounted camera and GPS information to alert the driver when wrongway driving happens.
Also in development is a new spot lighting system which uses infrared cameras to detect pedestrians, cyclists and animals, new headlights with beams that will widen at intersections and roundabouts and a traffic jam assist that will control the car in stop-and-go traffic.
The other new systems will be unique to Ford, such as the new evasive steering assist, which uses radar and a camera