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SAVING LIVES AND REDUCING INJURY THROUGH ADVANCED VEHICLE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
JANUARY 2012
Laser power
Why Volker Levering is beaming about
BMW's futuristic lighting concepts
Animal instinct
Dr Uwe Franke's naturalistic vision for
Daimler's 6D stereo technology
Kilers at
the wheel?
Experts debate whether an ageing driving
population will lead to more carnage on
the roads – and if technology can help
Sudden impact The road ahead Look, no hands!
Byron Bloch asks if the USDOT's
Ray LaHood is going far enough
to overhaul motor coach safety
The very latest research into DLR,
laser, full adaptive systems and the
safety benefits of marking lights
A sneak peek beneath the bonnet
of the Highly Automated Driving
prototype 5 Series
Assists in avoiding rear-end collisions.
The Predictive Emer
SAVING LIVES AND REDUCING INJURY THROUGH ADVANCED
Assists in avoiding rear-end collisions. The Pred
Contents 2 FOREWORD 4 COVER STORY: NE
contents SAVING LIVES AND REDUCING INJURY
Ready to Drive Safety? Driver assistan
older drivers Newage philosophy , , T
older driverS “companies are quickly realising
(Above left) Measures of vehicle telemetry (CANbu
OLDER DRIVERS Helping you drive into old age ›
EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION FROM ITS I
older driverS The AwareCar includes se
MAIN GOALS • Better protection of all vulnerabl
OLDER DRIVERS
Do you have Night Vision? Night Vision Assistant
SAFETY CHECK Foot patrol “We have made huge st
Automatic collision avoidance being demonstrated
SAFETY CHECK Coming soon? Vehicles that parti
“WE COULD MAKE THIS POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING TECHN
MOTOR COACH SAFETY Towards saferbuses ,,
F ifteen passengers were kil
Every six seconds someone is killed or seriously
MOTOR COACH SAFETY Carrier Safety Administrat
MOTOR COACH SAFETY
MOTOR COACH SAFETY Protect and serve › A system
MOTOR COACH SAFETY The fatigue timebomb › In re
ALCOLOCKTM V3 SERIES B-2 WIFI • Quality engine
AUTOMATED DRIVING Autopilot I I Intelligent
BMW’s prototype 5 Series can autono
Bringing physics into models Bringing models int
recognised by an electronic system because it nev
AUTOMATED DRIVING accurate surveillance of ot
U.S.RearCameraRegulationsareComing! InstantCompl
TIER 1 INTERVIEW J ust over tw
TIER 1 INTERVIEW In future, the cit
TIER 1 INTERVIEW situatio
Financial gains › The Association of German Insur
VEHICLE LIGHTING
II AUTHOR LOU SE SMYTH MAGES COURTESY OF AUD I,
VEHICLE LIGHTING is certainly not dramatic. B
VEHICLE LIGHTING The power of laser lights › Al
VEHICLE LIGHTING become far less conspicuous.
LIGHTING THE FUTURE
6D stereo vision Fasterthan thehumaneye I Aimi
6D stereo vision
6D stereo vision T he conce
6D stereo vision Get connected › In August 2011
BRAKING FOCUS FEDERAL AUTHOR GRAHAM HEEPS MAGES
BRAKING FOCUS
BRAKING FOCUS 2014 – promises a performance i
BRAKING FOCUS C is for costly › Carbon-ceramic b
LASER LIGHTING
Nightrider The laser light beam – which is origi
LASER LIGHTING concept laser headlamp would b
headlight – will also be the debut model for BMW’
Cameraaction Is the era of VGA cameras over – and
and megapixel camera products. The sensors can be
ADVANCED mirrors
mirror. “Nearly all drivers intuitively understan
ADVANCED Mirrors “the auto industry now has mu
EuropE’s only dEdicatEd crash tEst Exhibition and
Cognitive Safety Cognitive therapy The continui
Cognitive Safety “eHorizon and camera data can
cognitive safety capable of detecting and tra
www.vehicledynamics-expo.com “I’m very impressed
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY The Flan
SAFETY RESTRAINTS I n 1959
Parameter Control Test max/min LifeBelt max/mi
OCCUPANT SAFETY C omputer-
Powerful tool › Simulation is a key tool in suppo
Europe’s leading automotive testing, evaluation a
Autoliv debuts Mono Vision Sensor with BMW 501 Au
FINE IN CONCEPT “The nuMber of dri
12, 13, 14 June 2012 Messe Stuttgart, Stuttgart,
JUST THINK: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING