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Nissan has developed a new autonomous emergency steering system it says offers new collision avoidance capabilities to its drivers.
This system works by applying automatic braking and automatic steering in situations where a collision is imminent and evading obstacles by braking may not be effective.
The system takes effect in situations where unpredictable risks arise, such as sudden intrusions on the road at low speed zones, or when a collision at high speed is imminent.
Nissan has long worked on the development and commercialisation of brake-based control technology and claims that in order to prevent some accidents from occurring, technology is needed to deal with situations that cannot be mitigated through braking alone.
The Autonomous Emergency Steering System uses the information provided by the front-mounted radar and camera, the two left and right rear radars, and the five laser scanners attached around the vehicle to help avoid collisions.
Simultaneously, it checks if there is a forward zone free of obstacles and that there are no vehicles approaching from the rear, and then displays the direction that the vehicle should be steered. If the driver cannot immediately steer in that direction, the system takes over automatically.
Nissan has established the Vision Zero safety goal, which aims to help eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries. The guiding force behind this goal is the concept of the ‘Safety Shield’, which identifies six stages of driving conditions and works to provide the most effective counter measure during each stage.
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