Fields Volvo Waukesha
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Volvo Safety
IIHS Awards Five Volvo Models with Top Safety Pick
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducted its annual crashworthiness testing to determine its Top Safety Picks. For a vehicle to earn a coveted Top Safety Pick, it must earn good ratings in each of the four Institute tests, and offer electronic stability control. Once again Volvo has proven itself to be a leader in occupant protection with an impressive five IIHS Top Safety Picks. Congratulations to the Volvo S60, S80, C30, XC60 and XC90.
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Personal Safety
There's more to automotive safety than avoiding accidents and reducing injuries. Volvo's holistic approach to safety extends to the personal safety of drivers and passengers not just in, but also around, your Volvo. To protect you and your property, we've developed extensive foolproof and redundant systems that help protect against vehicle theft, forcible entry, theft of personal property, and personal threat.
Volvo Innovations in Personal Safety
- Home Safe Lighting System - illuminates the interior and the area in front of and around your Volvo for 30 seconds after you remove its key from the ignition and pull the high beam lever.
- Theft-Proof Lock System - makes it impossible to start the car without the right key and deadlocks the doors if a window is broken when the system is armed.
- Volvo OnCall - integrates a GSM telephone with built-in GPS unit for direct communication with a Volvo OnCall centre in the event of an accident, emergency, breakdown, break-in or theft. Route guidance, traffic and travel information are also available.
- A central locking system - locks or unlocks all the doors with the touch of a button from the driver's seat or by remote control outside the vehicle.
- Advanced security and alarm system is activated when the vehicle is tampered with, or by remote control in threatening situations.
Safety Firsts
In 1970, we formed the Volvo Accident Investigation Team to study accidents involving Volvos. Since then the team has researched more than 20,000 individual accidents, resulting in significant improvements in automobile safety design, many of which have since been adopted by other carmakers. We are proud of this tradition, and hope that our innovations continue to inspire higher standards of safety throughout the automobile industry.
Volvo Safety Milestones
- 1944 Safety cage
- 1944 Laminated windshield
- 1959 Three-point seat belts in the front
- 1960 Padded dashboard
- 1964 Prototype of the first rear-facing child seat
- 1966 Energy-absorbent crumple zones at both front and rear
- 1967 Seat belts in the rear
- 1968 Head restraints in the front
- 1969 Three-point, inertia-reel seat belts in the front
- 1970 Establishment of the Volvo Accident Research Team
- 1972 Three-point seat belts in the rear
- 1972 Rear-facing child seat and childproof locks in the rear
- 1973 Collapsible steering column
- 1974 Energy-absorbent bumpers
- 1974 Fuel tank located ahead of rear axle
- 1978 Child booster seat
- 1982 Anti-submarining protection in the front and rear seats
- 1982 Wide-angle door mirrors
- 1984 ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)
- 1986 High-level brake light
- 1986 Three-point seat belt in the center rear seat
- 1987 Driver airbag
- 1990 Integrated child booster seat
- 1991 SIPS (Side-Impact Protection System)
- 1991 Automatic height adjustment of the front seat belts
- 1993 Three-point, inertia-reel seat belts standard in all seats
- 1994 SIPS bags (side-impact airbags)
- 1997 ROPS (Rollover Protection System) (convertible models)
- 1998 WHIPS (Whiplash Protection System)
- 1998 IC (Inflatable Curtain)
- 2000 Inauguration of Volvo Cars Safety Center in Gothenburg
- 2000 ISOFIX attachment system for all child seats
- 2000 Dual-stage inflation airbags
- 2001 Volvo Safety Concept Car (SCC)
- 2002 Extended rollover protection system (ROPS)
- 2002 Development of the virtual pregnant crash test dummy
- 2002 RSC (Roll Stability Control)
- 2003 IDIS (Intelligent Driver Information System)
- 2003 Rear seat belt reminders (in S40 and V50)
- 2003 New, patented, front-end structure reduces collision forces
- 2003 Inauguration of Volvo's Traffic Accident Research Team in Bangkok
- 2004 WRG (Water Repellent Glass)
- 2005 Introduction of DMIC (Door Mounted Inflatable Curtain) on the All-New Volvo C70
Preventative Safety
Increased Visibility
One of the best ways to
avoid accidents is for drivers to see and be seen clearly. That's why,
when Volvo engineers and designer design Volvo's, they insist on large
windows that help to reduce blind spots, automatic windshield wipers
with intermittent speeds, electric rear window defrosters, innovative
headlamps that produce more natural light, daytime running lights, side
marker lights, and high-level brake lights. It's all an integral part
of Volvo design. And that's a design that's easily recognized on roads
all over the world.
Improved Handling
To ensure Volvo drivers
maintain control of their vehicles at all times, we've developed smart
systems that improve handling in demanding conditions. All Volvos are
equipped with antilock brakes, but some models are also available with
stability and traction control systems. These help prevent wheels from
slipping and help drivers maintain control during unpredictable skids
and roadway surprises.
Ergonomic Interiors
A driver must remain alert
and focused at all times. Our preventative safety philosophy includes
accessible controls, ergonomic seats, and advanced climate control
systems that help you maintain a comfortable and refreshing
environment, free from distractions.
This also means you keep your eyes on the road and hands on the wheel, right where you need them to be at all times.
Volvo Innovations in Preventative Safety
- Dynamic Stability and Traction Control (DSTC) - gathers and performs analysis of driving data in real time and stabilizes the vehicle by braking or limiting engine power.
- Antilock Braking System (ABS) with Electronic Braking force Distribution (EBD) - automatically pumps and releases brakes to help maintain control during hard braking.
- Roll Stability Control - helps prevent rollovers during extreme maneuvers.
Volvo Safety Centre
In-Car Child Safety
VOLVO GUIDE TO IN-CAR CHILDCARE
Most parents do
everything they can to keep their children safe from harm but there can
be danger even when traveling in the family car, caused by a lack of
awareness about in-car child safety.
Six out of ten parents don't buckle their children in properly. They are unaware of how to fit the diagonal section of a seatbelt correctly (not too far out on the shoulder and never under the arm) and not sure how to fit a lap belt (across the tops of the legs, never across a child's stomach).
Using a standard seat belt provides 60% better protection than no restraint at all but using a forward facing child seat or booster cushion provides 80% better protection whilst a rearward facing child seat is 90% better.
FACE THE BACK FACTS
Quite simply, sitting facing
the rear is the safest way to travel for any of us, but especially for
children. Babies and children are fragile passengers as their heads are
big and heavy in relation to the rest of the body (25% of total
weight), and have thinner skulls, underdeveloped necks, pelvis and
vertebrae compared to adults.
In the event of an impact using a rearward facing child seat, the whole of the child's back takes the impact, rather than its much more vulnerable neck. There is a five times greater risk of fatality or serious injury for children in forward-facing seats.
Babies and toddlers should be rearward facing up until at least the age of three and preferably longer. Currently, only 1 in 4 three year olds use rearward facing seats. Rearward facing seats should be only be used in the front passenger seat if the car has no, or a disabled, passenger airbag.
GETTING BETTER
The good news is that from 1976 to
2000, there has been a marked improvement in child car safety. In
Sweden, the use of seat belts and car seats, particularly rearward
facing child seats has risen from 25% to almost 100%. As a result,
occurrences of injuries of Maximal Abbreviated Injury Scale scoring 2
or above (on a scale of 1 to 6, where 6 is most severe) are now a fifth
of what they were 20 years ago.
Fields Volvo in Waukesha offers free installation of Child Safety Seats by a Certified installer in ANY vehicle! By appointment only, please.
Collision Avoidance System
Introduced on the 2007 S80, Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) helps to ensure comfortable and relaxed driving by helping you maintain a distance from the vehicle ahead. ACC can be activated at speeds over 30 km/h, and when traffic flow is uneven, contributes to a more controlled drive.
Distraction or lack of concentration is a major reason for accidents on the road. Volvo's Driver Alert Control is a new unique technique built around a camera in the windscreen that checks lane marking to determine whether the driver behaves normally or is about to lose control of the vehicle. If the system detects that the driving behavior has changed, the driver is informed by a warning sound and a message is displayed, suggesting it might be time for a break.
Lane Departure Warning continuously evaluates the vehicle's position with respect to the detected lane markings. The system alerts the driver with a gentle warning sound when the vehicle departs from the lane and the driver has not indicated an intentional lane change.
