Continental introduces the Vehicle-to-X (V2X) technology in the recent Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA).
This technology issues an audible and visual warning to alert the driver of an impending collision due to the presence of a hidden approaching vehicle during a left-turn maneuver. This is a well-known hazard that occurs most frequently during left-turn maneuvers at intersections.
Automatic intervention is only triggered if the driver fails to observe the warning despite the increasing probability of an accident.
Other functions that Continental offers with its V2X technology include the Electronic Brake Light and the Roadworks Assistant. The Electronic Brake Light contributes to forward-looking driving by informing the driver that a vehicle further ahead in traffic is braking, even if it cannot be seen yet.
This information can be very valuable, in particular on winding country roads. If a vehicle is approaching roadworks, the Roadworks Assistant supplies information about their location, length and also recommends the lane the driver should choose to ensure optimum traffic flow.
V2X communication therefore represents another important contribution on the way to automated driving and the realization of “Vision Zero” – the vision of accident-free driving.
“Our aim is to reduce the number of accidents significantly or to eliminate them altogether. With V2X, it is possible not just to ‘see around the corner’, so to speak, but also to detect hazards early on, before they are visually perceived. By issuing appropriate warnings, through cooperative assistance, and right up to an intervention by the vehicle, we want to eliminate these hazards, before the driver notices them or the sensors detect them,” explained Dr. Bernhard Klumpp, Head of the Passive Safety & Sensorics Division at Continental.
“Thanks to our many years of expertise and experience in this field, we provide a versatile system-oriented approach to the implementation of cooperative safety, based on the use of V2X technology.”