Since most of my blogs so far have been about my Volvo, other Volvos and wagons, I want to look at another blog that brings me back to a very important part of Volvo, which is safety. The reason I chose a particular blog from Volvo's own blogs was because it talks about an actual instance where their newest safety feature was used to actually save a life. It was not even the driver of the vehicle that may have been injured but a pedestrian. The incident happened while a journalist was driving one of Volvo's press cars. Because of how the system detects people and there movement it will fully stop the car for you if a pedestrian walks out in front of the vehicle. Right now City Safety with Pedestrian Detection (with Full Auto Break) is only available on the S60 and XC60 at the moment. Volvo plans to incorporate this life saving technology into each vehicle as they either bring out a new generation or facelift. The next vehicles to supposedly get this option will be the S80, V70 and XC70. Not to brag about how good the system is (I have actually tested it) the only other cars that have options anything close to these are the Mercedes Benz E and S class, which pretty much start at where a fully loaded S80 would stop price wise. As the journalist said the Technology Package may cost $2100 but it is worth every penny. I also agree with him and saying that this feature should not be and option but a standard feature to help save as many lives as possible. Last time Volvo did something like this it changed a safety feature in every car on the road, this was the creation of the 3-point safety harness and this was over 50 years ago.
http://www.volvoblog.us/2011/04/13/at-least-one-person-has-an-angel-on-his-shoulder/