Volvo anti-collision system failure in front of press

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Volvo anti-collision system failure in front of press

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Thought I'd show you this before someone else does.........

The car was supposed to brake itself :roll: :oops:

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I'm sure that happened a long time back, years perhaps. I'm thinking someone just sent it to you just now to have a pop, like.
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Welly wrote:The car was supposed to brake itself
Can't see YouTube at work (filtered by our proxy :() but I'm guessing the car broke itself instead?
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They sent it heading towards the back of a lorry at 20mph but it just carried on and stuffed it :?

My car has 'normal' braking i.e. I see stuff that I don't want to smash into so apply the footbrake!
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highlander wrote:...but I'm guessing the car broke itself instead?
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As soon as I saw the ad for Volvos on the TV that showed that feature I thought hmm... I'd prefer to keep my own eyes on the road, thankyouverymuch.
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I think the same thing happened with the current Mercedes S class' radar guided cruise control in front of the press. Embarrassing!!!
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I think it was a lesser spec model than the S class, and apparently the reason it didn't work was because they 'forgot' to turn it on IIRC. :roll:
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Ive watched it a few times now and it looks as tho the airbags dont work in Volvo's either :shock:
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TooT wrote:Ive watched it a few times now and it looks as tho the airbags dont work in Volvo's either :shock:

collisions below 30mph dont trigger airbags, or at least thats what i thought, not that im defending the vulva of course :roll:
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7403406 wrote:collisions below 30mph dont trigger airbags, or at least thats what i thought, not that im defending the vulva of course :roll:
:shock: Fook that. If i smacked into an artic like that i would want the airbags to deploy.
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But only if you've got the seats reclined and aren't wearing sunglasses...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5p4G_-zf2w

As per my comment earlier
TooT wrote: Fook that. If i smacked into an artic like that i would want the airbags to deploy.

You wouldnt be saying that if you got a broken nose and two black eyes for no good reason!!
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Scheiße! Scheiße! Scheiße! Scheiße! :lol: :lol:
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steve_earwig wrote:Scheiße! Scheiße! Scheiße! Scheiße! :lol: :lol:
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