High-tech system on vehicles is preventing crashes

IIHS news release • July 19, 2011 High-tech system on Volvos is preventing crashes ARLINGTON, VA — Vehicles are doing a better job of protecting people in crashes, but a new crop of advanced technology aims to prevent many crashes from happening altogether. A new study by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) finds that one kind of advanced forward collision avoidance system is working to prevent about a quarter of the common low-speed crashes that happen in everyday commuter traffic. More news at https://www.iihs.org/news