Features such as electronic stability control are proven to significantly reduce rollovers and lane departure warning systems may also help.
New technowidgets include a more precise cruise control and a lane departure warning system.
Also available as option extras are second-row head/thorax side-impact airbags, lane departure warning system with forward collision alert and a rearview camera system.
Other features include forward and rear collision warning systems, blind spot monitors and a lane departure warning system, however these will not be standard on all models.
For 2008 the Lucerne got some mid-life updates like a lane departure warning system, and revised exterior colors.
Volvo's lane departure warning system uses a camera to track road markings and sound an alarm when drivers depart their lane without signaling.
The Lookout Solution is used by North American fleets, and there is research on implementing a lane departure warning system via a mobile phone.
This system can also distinguish between intentional (for example, overtaking or merging) and unintentional lane departures, reducing the number of false alarms.
The new testing program will also provide consumers with information about new advanced crash avoidance technologies, such as lane departure and forward collision warning systems.
Systems like full color head-up display, lane change warning system, and lane departure warning including collision warning.