High-tech Volvo model for 2020

The numbers of accidents that occur in different streets from around the world are increasing because of the many factors that affect the driving condition, which in turn compromises the safety of the occupants. Serious damage caused by accidents is inevitable, yet there are some fortunate drivers and passengers that have survive death miraculously. Because Volvo is particular with vehicle safety, they as well considered the same sense of invincibility by producing a virtually injury-proof car by 2020. This concept car would ensure the safety or survival of the occupants whenever accidents occur.

Volvo, which is owned by the Ford Motor Company is a Swedish automaker that leads the creation of a model that will be using a “matrix of systems” that use a radar, sonar, and other extensive technologies that will prevent and alleviate crashes. This design will allow the car to steer and brake on its own when the driver became stun during collision. Self-braking systems are important in reducing the traffic fatalities. Likewise, this design will allow a cutting pre-impact speed by about 10mph. So it would reduce the death rate. The head of the Volvo construction the safety team, Jan Ivarsson says: "If you look into the future, we as a community will not accept that we have injuries, we have other things that are important in life."

Because Volvo is planning to launch this concept car in 2020, they still have 12 years for preparation. But this isn’t that long, in fact Volvo has considered a stepped up testing at their vehicle-safety testing center, located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Two 150-meter tunnels are included in the test. There is also the industry’s only rotating test tunnel, where engineers can replicate head-on and side-impact collisions and even dunk a car in a pond. With all these, it seems that they have developed to destroy a car; Volvo's has the world’s most advanced car and test-dummy torture chamber.

To watch the S80 test, Volvo invited some Reuters. The test allows the nose to be flattened at 35mph by an 850-ton steel clad block in a collision that is carefully choreographed. This even took one-tenth of a second to transpire but the set up took for about two weeks and another two weeks to dismember. There were many cameras used from different angles during the test. Aside from that, there were also sensors, crash block, and two male “biomechanical measurement devices” that are as well referred as the crash test dummies to collect the terabytes data. The testing team was actually composed of employees from some government agencies and insurance companies.

With this project on mind, it simply shows how obsessed the team with safety. But what do you think is the reason for their obsession? It is money actually. Considering the amount of money that was lost during the many accidents, you too can tell how lamenting it is. and because accidents and damage are inevitable, unless someone would construct a model around it, the safety of the vehicle will never get much attention it needs to consider at all times. This is the reason why Volvo is investing on vehicles that includes safety technologies on their construction just like the three-point safety belts and crumple zones, side-impact airbags, and rear-facing child seats. Yes, Volvo has been the best in marketing safety, and they are still catching up because they wanted to stay ahead of Mercedes Benz with its pre-safe braking safe system and with Lexus with its pre-collision system. With these modern and advance safety features, still Volvo is the first to provide the original injury-proof car and they still intend to discover more.