Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, or ADAS, are systems to help the driver in the driving process. When designed with a safe Human-Machine Interface it should increase car safety and more generally road safety. Examples of such a system are:
- In-vehicle navigation system with typically GPS and TMC for providing up-to-date traffic information.
- Adaptive cruise control (ACC)
- Lane departure warning system
- Lane change assistance
- Collision avoidance system (Precrash system)
- Intelligent speed adaptation or intelligent speed advice (ISA)
- Night Vision
- Adaptive light control
- Pedestrian protection system
- Automatic parking
- Traffic sign recognition
- Blind spot detection
- Driver drowsiness detection
- Vehicular communication systems
- Hill descent control
- Electric vehicle warning sounds used in hybrids and plug-in electric vehicles
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