There used to be a time when seat belts were cutting edge safety equipment. Oh how things have changed and advanced safety technology like autonomous emergency braking (or AEB) is becoming commonplace on lots of cars.
Volvo was the first to bring out AEB in 2009 and it works using cameras and sensors to monitor the road ahead and will automatically apply the brakes if it sees that a collision is going to happen.
But does it actually work? Science duo Richard and Pritchard tested it in their secret test facility using the new Volvo XC 60 which apparently not only brakes for cars, but pedestrians too.
After seeing the video are you convinced AEB actually works? Tell us what you think in the comments below.
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Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
Laura Berry is a best-selling Australian author and journalist who has been reviewing cars for almost 20 years.
Much more of a Hot Wheels girl than a Matchbox one, she grew up in a family that would spend every Friday night sitting on a hill at the Speedway watching Sprintcars slide in the mud. The best part of this was being given money to buy stickers. She loved stickers… which then turned into a love of tattoos.
Out of boredom, she learnt to drive at 14 on her parents’ bush property in what can only be described as a heavily modified Toyota LandCruiser.
At the age of 17 she was told she couldn’t have a V8 Holden ute by her mother, which led to Laura and her father laying in the driveway for three months building a six-cylinder ute with more horsepower than a V8.
Since then she’s only ever owned V8s, with a Ford Falcon XW and a Holden Monaro CV8 part of her collection over the years.
Laura has authored two books and worked as a journalist writing about science, cars, music, TV, cars, art, food, cars, finance, architecture, theatre, cars, film and cars. But, mainly cars.
A wife and parent, her current daily driver is a chopped 1951 Ford Tudor with a V8.
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