The leaps in technology are huge in the automotive sector, something that is proven in practice with all the innovations that the manufacturing companies offer to the buying public.
One of them, the Volvo, offers yet another aid to drivers, for even greater security.

The Swedish company is loyal to the purpose of making safe cars, introduces a new technological achievement to the field of motoring. This is called Cross Traffic Alert and equips its new model, the V40. The system in question belongs to the optional equipment of the model, but it undoubtedly raises the bar extremely high in the field of active safety.

Nouns, Cross Traffic Alert is your guardian angel, when reversing to leave a parking space. Something extremely important, especially when you're parked in a tight spot and side visibility is almost non-existent.

The V40 is equipped with radar sensors at the rear which, admittedly, they do all the work. These sensors have operating ranges 30 meters and warn the driver of oncoming vehicles, when he is about to reverse and cross traffic.

Volvo says that beyond cars, the system in question can also detect smaller volume "obstacles", such as bicycles and pedestrians, but at a distance shorter than that of 30 meters.
When the sensors detect an obstacle, the driver is alerted via an audible and visual alert, with the latter being displayed on the central screen.

Source: autotriti.gr