Volvo S60 Makes a Habit of Failure
Posted on September 29th, 2010
You may well have seen our previous post about the Volvo S60?s numerous safety features, and their ignominious failure to detect a truck, as intended.
Volvo blamed that on a flat battery, and must have been hoping to move on at their latest press demonstration, as the Swedish carmaker paraded the car’s advanced pedestrian detection system to Australian journalists in, er, Italy.
This is how it is supposed to work: http://www.dailymotion.com/videoxe0bbx
And this is what actually happened: 
In fairness to Volvo, the system did work 9 times out of twelve at the carefully choreographed demonstration. But I’m not sure whether Volvo’s safety-conscious image will be well served by a 25% failure rate.
One thing is clear, to avoid an incident, drivers should never rely solely on technology, and whatever safety features your car has fitted, it’s probably not wise to drive through town chugging a Grande Macchiatio…
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