Note: This is the first in a three-part series looking at collision mitigation technologies. The next installment, “OEMs making collision mitigation key part of vehicle safety”, will publish Tuesday.

MIAMI -- Detroit Assurance, Daimler Trucks North America's new active vehicle safety suite, made its real-world debut on Friday. The company hosted a ride-and-drive event in Miami after first ...

When advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) features first became mainstream, many manufacturers jumped in and made these ...

Reducing severity of rear-end collisions is all the products promise. But they can avoid some accidents, too. Photo: Meritor Wabco Representatives of Bendix and Meritor Wabco, the two major suppliers ...

Note: This is the second of a three-part series looking at collision mitigation technologies. The first installment, “Collision mitigation take rates on the rise,” can be found here. The next article, ...

Several class action lawsuits filed across the United States were consolidated into a single suit ...

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems launched Bendix Wingman Advanced, a collision mitigation technology that expands on the Bendix Electronic Stability Program (ESP) full-stability system and features ...

The lawsuit now only includes the Collision Mitigation System, which uses a combination of camera and radar sensors to identify obstacles and apply the brakes automatically. But, if the car brakes ...

Despite the many advances in modern automotive technology, the forward collision mitigation systems on cars, SUVs and pickup trucks still struggle to detect vehicles that aren't also cars, the IIHS ...

Demands by automakers for more braking performance with minimal cost or weight penalties continue to drive manufacturers like TRW to come up with new ideas. Although advances in friction materials and ...

Some will try to stop you altogether, some will just try to make the best of a bad situation. Automatic braking systems cars are rapidly becoming more commonplace, and they will be standard on the ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced plans “over the next year and beyond” to issue a new proposal that would set standards and require heavy trucks to be equipped with ...