http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/ Autoblog Comments for Will the Nav direct you to a coffee joint? New Volvo safety systems http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/Aug 30th 2007 10:16AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/
Too boot, once the driver has doped up on the goof-balls and then starts to 'crash' or the caffeine wears off, they are going to be in a worse situation. "Problem: We are running out of gas. Solution: Drive faster to get to a gas station quicker!"

This is a crock. The problem is that the driver is tired, the solution is sleep.]]>Aug 30th 2007 10:39AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/Aug 30th 2007 11:42AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/Aug 30th 2007 11:44AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/Aug 30th 2007 11:59AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/
It automatically brakes when you're about to hit something.]]>Aug 30th 2007 1:08PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/Aug 30th 2007 1:06PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/
So you go ahead and take your chances in your Karmann, and I'll take mine in a Volvo with stability control, brake assist, auto brake, side curtain airbags, whiplash-protection seats, ultra-high-strength steel safety cage, crumple zones, deformable steering column, ad infinitum, and I'll have technologies that not only protect me from other drivers, but also from my momentary lapses of attention.

Oh but you don't have those. Troll. ]]>Aug 30th 2007 1:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/Aug 30th 2007 1:40PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/
In my years of driving I was never in an accident - and I went on a spirited cruise or two in my day - but then without warning and with no way to prevent it no matter the degree of defensive driving could have prevented it. (drunks, go figure) The volvo was not my next vehicle after that day but it was only a couple years before I got it.

I am wholey confident in my driving skills, and safety precautions, however, I am not confident in the skills of the others on the road. No amount of defensive driving can save you from a determined idiot.

This technology may not seem necessary to you, but simply look at the statistics of driving fatalaties and see how much things like airbags and stability control really do help to save lives and keep OTHER drivers in control of their vehicles and out of yours.]]>Aug 30th 2007 3:32PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/30/will-the-nav-direct-you-to-a-coffee-joint-new-volvo-safety-sys/
In regards to stability control, every study that's ever been done on the subject has demonstrated that ESC is a safety advance the significance of which just cannot be overstated. The last Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study conducted last year confirmed/added the following findings regarding ESC (all based on ACTUAL historical crash data, not lab data or predictions):
- reduces the risk of fatal multiple-vehicle collisions by 32%
- reduces the risk of all single-vehicle crashes by more than 40 percent
- reduces the risk of fatal single-vehicle crashes by 56%
- reduces the risk of a single-vehicle crash in an SUV by 49%
- reduces the risk of a fatal single-vehicle crash in an SUV by 59%
- reduces the risk of fatal single-vehicle rollover in an SUV by 80%; in a car by 77%
- reduces the risk of fatal collisions overall by 43%.

Allow me to re-state the last point for emphasis, because it means ESC is possibly the most effective safety measure EVER: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL REDUCES THE RISK OF FATAL COLLISIONS OVERALL BY 43%.

That is not conjecture, that is not a hypothetical based on lab data, that is what has actually happened on public roads.

Now, if you'd like to go on believing that you're going to keep being just as safe in some piece-of-trash Karmann Ghia as you would be in a new Volvo, go right ahead, because clearly statistics are only for those who have less than your God-like driving skills. But stop going around spewing Luddite FUD with vague, insubstantiated "I-think-i-read-sometime" anecdotes about how you believe modern safety technology is "junk," because you're at best being an a** and at worst doing a grave disservice to anyone who might actually believe your claptrap when evaluating their next car purchase.

http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr061306.html
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But like i said. These are not safety features. Airbags, reinforced beams, heavy duty metals, and seatbelts Electronic stability control, and Traction control are all i need.
Volvo and Mercedes can keep their stupid crazy off the wall systems. Whats next Volvo, tell me, Whats next?]]>Sep 2nd 2007 1:48AM