When Volvo started their present safety initiative in late 2002, sensing and computational systems were rather weak.
But technology is quickly catching up. Volvo City Safety has been launched as standard in the new Volvo XC60. At low speeds, City Safety is smart enough to bring the XC60 to a complete stop should the vehicle in front suddenly stop.
Beyond City Safety the next step of Volvo will be their first pedestrian avoidance feature. Volvo are confident that their first pedestrian auto brake feature will be very good at taking actions to help avoid hitting pedestrians.
The car maker will continue to follow interesting paths in their efforts to attain their safety goal of designing cars that do not crash.