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Martyn: It’s easy to do when you’re driving heading to a curve to fast and end up wrestling with the wheel to stay in lane. But a new safety system developed by Nissan could put an end to such situations. The system called Navigation-cooperative Intelligent Pedal is fitted in this test car and monitors the navigation system to spot when curves are approaching. If the car is judged to be going too fast, it first triggers a warning announcement that there’s a curve ahead. Should the driver not decelerate in actuated connected to the accelerator will push the pedal up to reduce the flow of fuel to the engine and then gently apply the breaks to reduce speed. When the car gets to a safe speed for the curve, the system disengages. Okay, so we’ve heard the theory about this. Let’s see if it really works. We’re approaching a curve now, driving at about 80 kilometers an hour. I should be pushing on the breaks but I’m not. The car’s pushing back on the accelerator and they come on the breaks. For a driver who’s misjudged the tightness of the curve as opposed to one who’s just not concentrating, the audible warning could be an easy one to ignore but it’s much more difficult to ignore when the car begins physically pushing back on the pedals to let you know your speed is too high.
Kazuhiro: By using that system, drivers feel more peace of mind and they drive easily.
Martyn: The system will begin appearing in production cost later this year when it debuts in Nissan’s Fuguka in Japan. The same car will also carry a second new safety technology called Active Stability Assist. It works to synchronize breaking, steering, and engine response so that the driver feels more in control when heading through tight curves. In this video, watch the steering wheel with the system on on the left. It doesn’t need to be turned as hard. Both safety systems are part of Nissan’s safety shield concept which seeks to prevent the car from entering a situation when a collision is unavoidable. Well, Nissan has yet to decide on when the two systems will be available overseas. They generally follow fairly quickly after the Japan launch. In Yukoski, Japan, this is Martyn Williams, IDG News Service.
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