Ford Focus: Driver-Assistance Systems That Save Lives

The new Ford Focus, the beginning of April 2011 came on the market, it is to launch many new driver-assistance systems, some of them unique in the compact class. For example, the fatigue Warner, the lane assistant, the Blind Spot Assistant or include the Active City Stop to all the major technologies of the Ford Focus. In addition, the new Focus was produced in the Kinetic design to improve the aerodynamics and thus reduce consumption. Now we want to introduce the new technology in the this car.

Ford Focus: Fatigue Warner

The very name “Warner fatigue,” explains a lot, but how the technology works so far unique in the compact class? This is actually easy to explain, the driver is alerted by two different directions. In the first step, the system says: “Warning – Driver tired – recommended rest. Supporting this yellow note by acoustic signal. the driver of the Ford Focus ratios continue striking and ignored the message, a red message will appear with the text “Warning – tired drivers – please stop!”. This notice is preserved longer visible, and is also supported by an acoustic signal. But how does the fatigue Warner, that the driver is tired? In the front area, specifically on the windscreen at the height of the mirror, a camera is mounted, the camera measures the distance to the road markings. Leaves the driver of the Ford Focus to the track often and abruptly pulls on the steering wheel, warns the system and recommends a rest.

Blind Spot Assist:
Another important system in the Ford Focus is the “Dead Angle Wizard. This new technology alerts the driver via a signal in mirrors, if there is a vehicle in the blind spot. But as the system detects a vehicle in the blind spot? This happens via wheel sensors, which then pass the signal to the system and the driver.
Lane Assistant:
Leaves the driver of the Ford Focus without flashing the track, he is warned by a vibration in the steering wheel in front and through the Lane Keeping Assist back in the right lane. This approach of the system can be prevented only through active counter-steering by the driver.
Parking assistants:
Finally, a system which does not necessarily increase safety at Ford Focus, but still very useful. It is now around the parking assistants. This system detects thanks to ultrasonic sensors, whether a parking space is large enough. If you want to park finally takes over the parking-assistant in the Ford Focus is the steering, giving only the gas and brakes must be carried out even.

Active City Stop:
The penultimate system from the Ford Focus, we would like to introduce is the so-called Active City Stop. The system is to reduce rear-end collisions at low speeds. But how does it work exactly? Using a laser sensor monitors the Activa City permanently stop the gap to the front vehicle. This will slow down abruptly or slowly, the system increases the braking pressure and directs the braking process, a self-employed. The system is active from a speed of 30 km / h and to avoid accidents up to a speed of 15 mph. At a higher speed to the severity of the collision are at least reduced.

Road Sign Detection System:
This system is simple and easy to use a camera in the front section recognizes traffic signs such as a speed limit and overtaking, and displays them on again for the driver on-board computer. Thus, we hardly missed a traffic sign in a Ford Focus.