Preventive and Active Safety Applications

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current state and future prospects of preventive and active safety systems in road vehicles, emphasizing techniques to prevent accidents and improve safety before crashes occur.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of existing safety systems, discusses recent research results, and outlines future developments in preventive and active vehicle safety technologies.

Findings

Current safety systems effectively reduce injury risk during accidents.

Research advances are enhancing active safety features.

Future developments aim to prevent accidents proactively.

Abstract

Road vehicle safety systems can be broadly classified into the two categories of passive and active systems. The aim of passive safety systems is to reduce risk of injury to the occupants of the vehicle during and after an accident like a crash or rollover. Passive safety systems include the design of safety restraints, design for crashworthiness, seat belts and air bags. In contrast to passive systems, the aim in active safety is to prevent an accident from occurring in the first place. As such, it makes sense to call them preventive systems also. Here, the concentration is on preventive and active safety systems. The current state of the art in some key preventive and active safety systems is presented in this paper, wherein the various techniques used are also explained briefly. In some cases, the presentation is complemented with results obtained in the research group of the author. A road map of expected future developments in the area of preventive and safety applications is also presented.