Continental will presented a left-turn assist based on Vehicle-to-X (V2X) technology in the outdoor area of the New Mobility World at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA). The technology issues an audible and visual warning to alert the driver of an impending collision due to the presence of a hidden approaching vehicle during a left-turn manoeuvre. Automatic intervention is only triggered if the driver fails to observe the warning despite the increasing probability of an accident.
Other functions that Continental offers with its V2X technology include the Electronic Brake Light and the Roadworks Assistant. The Electronic Brake Light informs the driver that a vehicle further ahead in traffic is braking, even if it cannot yet be seen by the driver. This information can be valuable, in particular on winding country roads. If a vehicle is approaching roadworks, the Roadworks Assistant supplies information about their location, length and also recommends the lane the driver should choose to ensure optimum traffic flow.
“Our aim is to reduce the number of accidents significantly or to eliminate them altogether. With V2X, it is possible not just to ‘see around the corner’, so to speak, but also to detect hazards early on, before they are visually perceived. By issuing appropriate warnings, through cooperative assistance, and right up to an intervention by the vehicle, we want to eliminate these hazards, before the driver notices them or the sensors detect them,” explained Dr. Bernhard Klumpp, Head of the Passive Safety & Sensorics Division at Continental.
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Tom Austin-Morgan
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk