Article - New Volvo Brings New Safety Features

I read an article the other day in the newspaper about the new Volvo XC60.

The new Volvo has many new safety features that help prevent crashes and may be leading the way to cars actually communicating with each other to prevent crashes. The car has airbags, rollover and side-impact protection, and an automated braking system. These safety features could make roads a lot safer. A study says that the best safety feature is electronic stability control that can help prevent a car from skidding. In Europe, if all vehicles had this feature, the number of people killed by car accidents would be decreased by 17%. The automated braking systems in some of Germany's cars give a warning when a crash seems imminent and if the driver does not touch the brake, it automatically applies the brake to avoid the crash. In the article, it says that all of these safety features will eventually lead to them being in all cars and cars will be "aware" of their surroundings.