Drivers Ed - Module 9

Automated Vehicles

-A self-driving car, also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input. -Six Levels of Vehicle Automation Level 0 - No Automation Level 1 - Driver Assistance Level 2 - Partial Automation Level 3 - Conditional Automation Level 4 - High Automation Level 5 - Full Automation

Active Passive Integrated Approach System

-Combines both active and passive safety equipment to help drivers maintain control and avoid crashes. -This system relies on data interchange between active and passive safety systems that collect information on the activities and inputs of the driver, the behavior of the vehicle, and the status of the driving environment.

Automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems

-Detect an impending forward crash with another vehicle in time to avoid or mitigate the crash. -These systems first alert the driver to take corrective action to avoid the crash. -If the drivers' response is not sufficient to avoid the crash, the AEB system may automatically apply the brakes to assist in preventing or reducing the severity of a crash.

Drowsiness/Fatigue Warning

-Focuses on the movement of the driver's head. -It projects the possibility of a collision based on how long the driver turns their head away from the road.

Intelligent Speed Adaptation

-Informs the driver when he/she is speeding. -The driver must then slow down to an appropriate speed.

Dynamic Radar Cruise Control

-Maintains a speed set by the driver when there is no lead vehicle. -It speeds up and slows down your car to keep a set following distance in relation to the car ahead.

Adaptive Headlights

-Make driving at night or in low-light conditions safer by increasing visibility to the sides, especially around curves and over hills. -Adaptive headlights turn the headlight beams according to the driver's steering input, so the vehicle's actual path is illuminated.

ABS (Anti-Lock Brake System)

-Monitors the speed of each wheel and helps prevent locking-up. -When it detects sudden braking, it will release braking pressure for a moment and then provide optimum braking pressure to each wheel. By repeating this process in a short period of time, it enhances steering control during sudden stops.

Forward Collision Warning

-Sensors detect slower-moving or stationary vehicles in front of you. -When the distance between vehicles becomes so short that a crash is imminent, a signal alerts the driver.

Functions of Tires:

-Tires are air-filled cushions designed to reduce the effect of road hazards and irregularities on the vehicle and are designed to flex and give as they meet the road surface. -Absorb shock caused by road hazards Provide traction — enables drivers to accelerate, brake and steer -Tires ratings are indicated on the sidewall of the tire

Traction:

-Traction is measured by the ability to stop a car in straight-ahead motion on a wet surface, tires graded A have the best traction performance, B grading is an above average rating and C indicates the tire meets government standards. -Temperature is the tire's ability to withstand heat. Tires graded A are the most heat-resistant and less likely to suffer a blowout under the same conditions as tires with grades of B or C. -Treadwear rating indicates expected "life of a tire". The higher the treadwear rating, the greater the mileage. A tire with a treadwear rating of 150 is expected to last 50% longer than one graded at 100.

Parking Assist

-Uses the rearview display system to display images of the area immediately behind your vehicle. -Cross Traffic Warning lets you know if one or more vehicles are about to enter your backing path. It detects vehicles that might be crossing behind you as you back up. -However, it does not detect cars behind you when parking spaces are angled and may not detect pedestrians. -Semi-Autonomous Parking Assistance detects a parking space where your vehicle can park. -Once the parking space is identified, a feasible path geometry has to be designed, and the tracking of this reference is realized by controlling the steering wheel.

Lane Keeping Support

-Uses the same lane monitoring technology as Lane Departure Warning. -Brings your vehicle back to the middle of its lane if you fail to act to a warning. -Technology will steer or apply braking to the appropriate wheels.

Warning and Mitigating Technology

-Warning technology informs the driver of the need for the driver to take action. -Mitigating technology automatically takes action without driver input.

Traction Control System (TCS)

-When the TCS system detects wheel spin, it applies brakes or slows down the engine to regulate spinning and helps ensure proper contact of tires. -This prevents the car from becoming unstable.

Tire Pressure Monitoring System

All new vehicles are required to have a Tire Pressure Monitoring System that show if one or more of your tires is significantly under-inflated.

Forward Collision Mitigation

Crash Imminent Braking automatically applies the vehicle's brakes to slow or stop the vehicle.

Vehicle stability control (VSC)

Designed to prevent wheels from slipping sideways when cornering or steering suddenly.

Improved door latches

Designed to stay closed under the most severe conditions, unlike door fasteners of the early 1960s that resembled the fasteners found in the interior of the typical home, and generally flew open in a crash.

Tempered Glass

Fractures into small, relatively harmless pieces.

Dynamic Brake Support (DBS)

If a driver does not brake enough to avoid the crash, the Dynamic Brake Support automatically adds to the driver's braking.

Night Vision Enhancement

Improves visibility for driving conditions involving reduced sight distance due to night driving, inadequate lighting, fog, drifting snow, or other inclement weather conditions

Intelligent Adaptive Front-Lighting System

Intelligent Adaptive Front-Lighting System redirects low-beam headlamp units, in accordance with the steering angle and vehicle speed at night to improve visibility during cornering.

Tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS)

May warn you if your tires are under- or over-inflated.

Crumple Zones

Protect occupants by allowing structures to collapse at different rates, reducing the risk of penetration into the passenger compartment or spreading forces over a wider area.

Blind Spot Monitoring

Recognizes when another vehicle is traveling diagonally behind the driver and signals the presence of the approaching car using indicators in the vehicle.

How do you find out what new technology is in your vehicle?

Review your owner's manual to discover what technology may be in your vehicle.

Suspension Control Devices

Suspension control devices are designed to keep the tires in contact with the road surface as much as possible.

Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking

The system provides automatic braking for vehicles when pedestrians are in the forward path of the vehicle's travel and the driver has taken insufficient action to avoid an imminent crash.

Lane Departure Monitoring

Using lane monitoring technology, lane keeping support is a safety technology that warns drivers when they are drifting out of their lanes.

All-Wheel Drive

Vehicles increase traction and allows the driver to better manage the vehicle in inclement weather.

Vehicle Telematics

With telematics, it's possible to record and map where a vehicle is and how fast it's traveling. In addition, telematics can tell you how a vehicle is functioning.