Volvo crash avoidance system test FAIL video

[The Village Idiot]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=18328

Volvo gets egg on its face with Collision Warning System Demo

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ6z3IArINI[/youtube]

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It's no secret that computers and advanced electronics are seemingly taking over many functions in today's vehicles. Volvo was happy to show off its latest technological advancements this week in Sweden and invited a score of journalists to watch the demonstration.

What Volvo didn't count on, however, was that the demonstration would be a failure.

Volvo was supposed to demonstrate how the its new S60 near-luxury sedan would avoid a stopped or slower moving obstacle in the direct path of the vehicle. Volvo's Collision Warning System is similar to other systems found in more expensive Lexus and Mercedes models.

Unfortunately for Volvo, the test went horribly wrong. After being hurtled down the test track at 30 mph towards a stopped truck, the Collision Warning System failed to function properly. So instead of applying the brakes to stop the vehicle from hitting the obstacle, the S60 instead kept going full speed ahead right into the back of the truck.

[Chris]

Safety?  We don' need no stinkin' safety!

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[vesta111]

One of the more interesting cars I have owned was a very old unsafe at any speed.

What ever the name, the engine was in the trunk and the gas tank under the drivers seat.

To start the engine I had to turn the key to engage, then remove the air filter and put two wires together, replace the air filter, get back into the drivers seat and head on out.

What fun, this auto got me through Nursing School, drove me to the Super Market and some how kept passing the state inspections..

No air bags and no big time electronics,  sort of driving an in closed motorcycle.

Ralph Nader had no idea what this small car could do, good gas millage, and as long as the tires held up, it would run forever.