Volvo Safety Concept Car
At the coming 2001 North American Auto Show in Detroit next month, Volvo will present two concept cars that are said to ‘put safety into a new dimension’. One of these is the Safety Concept Car (SCC) which was developed with the main ambition to create ‘superior vision’. Another ambition was to implement modern technology in order to support the driver and make driving safer. This was achieved by combining traditional engineering with advanced electronics.
The SCC does not mainly display safety in the traditional way, with new airbags and further developed crumple zones but instead focusses on active safety and on features that will help any driver become a safer one.
Autoworld.com.my provided details of the features in the SCC two months ago and to read that article, click on the links below.
Volvo Eye Car
Volvo Secure Car
NUMBER ONE IN SAFETY
“The Volvo SCC demonstrates that we have knowledge and competence to stay Number One in the world within car safety. The car contains a large number of technological systems and features which are associated with driving safety and the interplay between man and machine,” says Helen Petrauskas, head of Environmental and Safety Engineering at Ford Motor Company, which Volvo belongs to.
It goes without saying that car drivers play a decisive part in the pursuit of safer traffic. The Volvo SCC therefore makes drivers the focal point by giving them increased control and a better chance of making the right decisions in difficult traffic situations. Research has shown that drivers receive more than 90% of the most critical information from outside the vehicle. Thus if the quality of this visual information can be enhanced, the drivers can have a better chance of avoiding collisions.
4-POINT SAFETY BELT
Two kinds of 4r-point safety belts integrated in the seat frame will be shown in SCC: the CrissCross Belt (X4) and the Centre Buckle Belt (V4).
The CrissCross Belt is a conventional 3-point belt supplemented with an extending diagonal chest belt from the shoulder to the hip. The Centre Buckle Belt is similar to the type of safety belt that previously was used in rally and racing cars.
In order to find out which type of the two that is most comfortable and most user-friendly, a special evaluation will be made at motorshow. The second Volvo concept car remains a secret at this time but insiders say it is a model that has never before been shown in public.
