Due to the alarming cases of rampant accidents on the road, the European Commission proposed the implementation of an advanced car brake system. Technology usually comes equipped with detecting devices nowadays, making it easier for the car brakes to react upon emergencies. The usual target of road accidents is not other cars, but pedestrians. With their deaths, this has opened the minds of many that perhaps it is indeed time to make advancements.

According to a report by Detroit News, installing Brake Assist Systems in 2009 production models will save about 1,100 pedestrians per year. (This data is taken from the European Union’s executive.) Hence, a series of proposals will be passed soon to turn these numbers into real figures of human lives.

The state-of-the-art technology of the Brake Assist System works when the car detects an emergency situation, upon which the driver was not able to respond through the car brakes. The system will then release a pressurized brake fluid into the brake system. This will happen with a single pressure onto the brake pedal, and it will reduce the time it takes to stop the vehicle. With the wonder that it is able to contribute to braking technology, there is indeed hope for the pedestrians. While safe driving is still the number one key to efface these deaths, the Brake Assist Systems is there to enhance our skills.

Source: Autoblog

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