Green light data for the year 2023 also shows that in the past year, on average, one person was killed every day/pexels
We treat this quite trivially, but the road is a very dangerous place, and inattention on our part or on the part of the other drivers when merging into traffic, overtaking, etc., may lead to serious and complex accidents, certainly when it comes to high speeds.
From the Green Light data for the year 2023, it also appears that in the past year, on average, one person was killed each day and that this year was more deadly in road accidents compared to 2022, despite the war that led to a decrease in the number of cars on the roads.
In view of the many accidents, advanced technologies for car safety have been developed in recent years, which help us reach our destination safely.
Here are 5 advanced and leading systems that you are advised to familiarize yourself with:
The ACC can be defined as the next generation cruise control system/pexels
ACC - Adaptive Cruise Control
The ACC can be defined as the next generation cruise control system.
This adaptive system allows us not only to continue driving at a constant speed without pressing the gas pedal, but also to slow down the vehicle according to the speed of the vehicle in front of us and to accelerate back if the lane has cleared again.
The system makes use of various sensors such as a camera and laser and in some cases there is the possibility of crawling through traffic jams without pressing the pedal.
AEB - Autonomous Emergency Braking
A system of autonomous emergency braking that uses a camera or radar to monitor the road area in front of the vehicle.
If the vehicle approaches another vehicle in a dangerous manner without the driver having sufficient time to brake, the system performs the emergency braking by itself.
In more advanced AEB systems, there is the ability to detect a two-wheeled vehicle or pedestrians, so that the emergency braking will also work in such cases.
There are even systems that, in addition to braking, are able to autonomously take control of the steering wheel and make a evasion just before the accident.
BSW - Blind Spot Warning
We all know the blind spots where we don't have a good angle of vision, such as a car traveling parallel to us on the road and not being caught in the car's mirrors.
This is where the BSW - blind spot vehicle warning system comes into the picture, which uses side cameras that monitor the areas on the sides of the vehicle and alert the driver about vehicles that are in blind spots.
ESP - Electronic Stability Program
A stability control system based on the ABS system.
In this system, special software and control sensors have been added that improve the grip and stability of the vehicle during skidding, spinning or sharp deviation.
The system works automatically and it actually calculates the direction of the steering wheel in relation to the speed of the vehicle at any given moment.
When necessary, the system takes over the car's brakes and even neutralizes power from the engine to the wheels in order to return the vehicle to the right track.
Falling asleep alert system
Falling asleep or fatigue alert systems exist in several models and the most basic ones are actually a clock set at a time that sends an alert to refresh and rest according to the number of driving hours defined in the system.
More advanced systems know how to monitor the driving pattern and identify anomalies such as zig-zag driving, deviating from lanes, instability on the accelerator pedal, etc. In these cases, the system will send a warning about careless driving and the driver will know that he must stop to rest and refresh.
The systems do not provide us with hermetic security;
The mandatory and comprehensive car insurances complete the protection umbrella/pexels
Tax benefits for a long list of advanced safety systems
as part of the fight against road accidents, the Ministry of Transportation added two new safety systems in January of this year to the list of systems that entitle drivers to the tax benefit.
The systems are a warning system in the event of the driver being distracted, and a warning system for opening a door, and they join previous systems such as an active system to prevent deviation from a lane, a system for identifying vehicles in a "dead zone", adaptive cruise control, an automatic braking system in an emergency, an active system to prevent A side collision in a "dead zone", an automatic braking system in reverse and a warning system for leaving children in the car and more.
To drive with peace of mind with the Phoenix Smart
alongside the various safety systems, however advanced they may be, one must of course have a comprehensive and mandatory car insurance that will provide us with the perfect protection.
Phoenix Smart's comprehensive car insurance offers you a package of coverages that include, among others: coverage for legal defense expenses, road and towing services and a replacement vehicle, coverage for broken headlights and side mirrors, coverage for broken windshields, coverage for accessories and extras.
Phoenix customers can even benefit from a car insurance application to perform self-service operations without waiting and to view all the information they need in one organized place.
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The systems do not provide us with hermetic security;
The mandatory and comprehensive car insurances complete the protection umbrella.
In conclusion, the various safety systems can indeed reduce the number of fatal road accidents, but no one has any doubt that this is not a hermetic protection for drivers, so that unfortunately road accidents will still happen and claim damages and victims.
That is why it is very important that alongside all of these systems you have the complementary insurance cover with mandatory and comprehensive insurance - one that will provide an optimal protection umbrella for every scenario.
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