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Understanding ADAS: Parking Assistance
1 in 5 car accidents happens in a parking lot. What if we could remove human error from the equation? Think of the last time you scratched your car. For many, it happened during parking. Parking assistance systems aim to avoid parking crashes and make parking easier for drivers. Parking assistance, also known as park…
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Understanding ADAS: Blind Spot Monitoring
Check your blind spot! Blind spot monitoring (BSM) used to only be available on high-end luxury vehicles. Now, this blind spot technology is offered by midrange and even budget brands. If your current vehicle doesn’t have blind spot monitoring, your next is more likely to. As automotive technology progresses, these advanced safety systems will be…
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Understanding ADAS: Lane Departure Warning
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) is an ADAS safety feature that alerts the driver when their vehicle begins to unintentionally drift out of its lane. Using a forward-facing camera to track the lane markings, it acts as an extra set of eyes on the road, warning the driver with an audible tone, a dashboard indicator, or…
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Implementing ADAS Calibration: 6 ADAS Challenges Most Shops Face (and What to Do About Them)
Nearly all new cars include advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), like automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning. Along with this ADAS technology comes automotive sensors (radar, lidar, and camera) that require sensor calibration after windshield replacement, fender benders, and common repair situations. While many vehicles on the road do not have these systems, it’s…
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Basic Guide: ADAS Calibration Equipment
It’s easy to understand why so few auto shops offer advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) calibration services in-house: Time. Money. Know-how. Hassle. Unfamiliarity. But, with the increase in ADAS technology available to consumers and the industry’s 2023 push to have Automated Emergency Braking (AEB) come standard on all models, more and more technicians and automotive…
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New Automotive Night Vision ADAS Technology Illuminates Driving at Night
At night, there is 60 percent less traffic on the roads. Despite this, 50 percent of fatal accidents happen after dark. Our ability to perceive distance and detect objects is severely impaired at night. Although streetlights, headlights, and other light sources help to illuminate roadways, nighttime is still the most dangerous time to drive. That…
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Rear AEB: The ADAS That’s Putting the Brakes on Backing Crashes
Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) have proven to be valuable safety tools, potentially saving 20,000 lives every year. But when it comes to crash reduction, there’s one ADAS that really stands out: Rear Automatic Emergency Braking (Rear AEB). Recent research conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that Rear AEB, also called Reverse AEB…
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Understanding ADAS: Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB)
In 2017, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) challenged automakers to commit to the standardization of Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) within their vehicles. Twenty manufacturers accepted the challenge, pledging to voluntarily equip virtually all new passenger vehicles with a low speed AEB ADAS system that includes Forward Collision Warning (FCW) by model year 2022.…
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What is ADAS? Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Guide
ADAS stands for Advanced Driver Assistance System. It is the term used in the auto industry to describe automotive safety features that use advanced technology, including cameras and other sensors, to provide safety warnings and, in some cases, assist the driver in braking or steering to avoid dangerous situations for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. ADAS…
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The Biggest Myth About Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Today’s vehicles are built with features that do more than make the general experience of driving safer, they can also help prevent a collision from happening altogether. Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) like Forward Collision Warning (FCW) and Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) detect risk as it arises and respond accordingly to reduce the chance of an…
