Avoiding an accident is much better than having an accident. A preventative safety feature such as the CAS (Collision Avoidance System) can help a driver avoid having an accident by simply evading them.  Motor manufacturer Volvo, equips every vehicle with a variety of preventative safety features, some of them are unique to Volvo and have been developed by their own safety engineers during years of research, design and testing. Introduced on the 2007 S80, ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) helps to give both a comfortable and relaxed drive by helping the driver keep a set distance from the vehicle in front. ACC uses a long range radar sensor which continuously monitors the distance to the vehicle ahead and will automatically change the speed of the car to make sure the proper distance is kept. All ACC needs is the driver to input the desired speed and the minimum time gap to the vehicle in front and it will do the rest. Distance Alert can help keep a proper distance to the vehicle in front of even if the ACC function is turned off. If the car gets too close to the vehicle in front, the system will give an alert by means of a red light in the bottom part of the windscreen. However Distance Alert will not brake the car like the Adaptive Cruise Control will do.

The existing CWBS (Collision Warning with Brake Support) was designed to sense an impending collision and then warn the driver to hopefully avoid or even reduce the damage caused in a crash. The CWBS works by way of long range radar which will continuously monitor the distance to any vehicle driving in front. The new generation of Collision Warning now also comes with Auto Brake. This is done by adding a camera which then gives a wider view of all the vehicles in front. Because the system combines the information from the radar sensor and the camera, it can now provide a very high level of confidence so that auto braking is possible. Collision Warning with Auto Brake will replace Collision Warning with Brake Support. All of these safety extras on a car may help to get a cheaper motor insurance quote.

Losses of concentration or distraction are dangerous when they happen on the roads. Volvo’s DAC (Driver Alert Control) is a unique technique which is built around a camera in the windscreen that will check lane markings to determine if the driver is behaving normal. If the system detects that the behaviour of the driver has changed, the driver is then informed by way of a warning sound and a message is also displayed, suggesting it may be time to take a break or change drivers if any driver car insurance has been purchased. Lane Departure Warning will continuously evaluate the position of the vehicle to the lane markings. The system will then alert the driver with a warning sound when the vehicle leaves the lane and the driver has not indicated a lane change