crash avoidance
Preventing vehicle impacts
Crash avoidance refers to systems, technologies, or techniques designed to prevent collisions—typically in vehicles or aircraft.
Modern cars include crash avoidance features like automatic braking, lane departure warnings, and blind spot detection: The crash avoidance system kicked in before I even saw the pedestrian.
The term also applies to defensive driving practices and, in computing, to methods preventing system failures.
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- forward collisionImpact with object ahead
- head-on collisionDirect front-to-front impact
- brakingReducing speed deliberately
- automatic brakingSelf-activating vehicle deceleration
sensors · safety · swerve · alert · warning · radar · proximity · airbag · reflexes · defensive driving · near miss · steering · automatic · detection · obstacle · emergency · driver · reaction
- safety systemsparachute, airbag, airbags, ejection seat, brakes
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- traffic controlstop light, traffic light, traffic signal, crosswalk, traffic camera
- brakingdisc brake, drum brake, brake pad, brake rotor, brake drum
crash avoidancecrash protection
Mechanisms minimizing collision harm
crashworthiness · airbags · seatbelts · crumple zones · emergency response
crash avoidanceramming
Striking with violent impact
collision course · vehicular assault · demolition derby · kamikaze
crash avoidancereckless driving
Unsafe vehicle operation
dangerous driving · risk-taking · recklessness · careless driving · thrill-seeking
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