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along the way to the fully self-driving car we're gonna make a few stops one of which will be the crash proof car the concept is a car with sufficiently sophisticated driver assist technology that it can avoid or alert you to avoid almost any collision ESB initiates a one-sided braking intervention that can move the vehicle out of the danger zone that's a talent that is distinct from being able to drive itself Volvo's new xc90 for example is a first step toward its goal of crash free or at least injury from crash free cars by 2020 among the tech to get it there is automatic braking to prevent frontal collisions automatic braking to avoid turning left into oncoming traffic pedestrian and animal detection Road edge and barrier detection adaptive cruise control with steering assistant and vehicle-to-vehicle communications none of this is science fiction although the v2v technology is still being brokered between regulators and car makers at CES Ford gave a very realistic look of coming v2v technology that can let cars signal each other Wow providing another layer of inputs to help them avoid collisions very important and efficient way to want someone to see audible of warnings I heard ok which means get out the way warning exactly BMW is showing how an array of laser scanners looking out from around the car can detect almost anything that is about to occupy the same space as the vehicle the purest definition of a collision from another car to a pedestrian to a wall and we need to keep in mind that the driver is the best sensor that we have however drivers do tend to get distracted and we need to bring him back into the loop which we do by providing the warning and assisting him with the braking situation the European Union is aiming for zero road fatalities by 2050 and sooner than that cutting them in half by 2020 largely relying on these kinds of Technology bundles even in showrooms today it pays to double-check if the car you're considering buying has as many of these technologies as possible on the march toward crash proof driving more realities of modern private revealed now at CNET on cars comm click on smarter driver