Navigating Toyota’s Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Safety Sense is a range of Toyota driver assistance features included in every Toyota. These features act like an extra set of eyes and ears, monitoring the area around your vehicle for potential threats. Each system provides warnings, usually both audio and visual, that enable you to act and avoid an accident. We’re going to look closer at a few of these features and see how they keep you and your passengers safe.
Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection
This system uses a dedicated camera and radar to detect vehicles, bicyclists, pedestrians, or animals in front of your vehicle. If something is detected, the radar determines your Toyota’s distance to the object. The distance is compared to your current speed to determine if a collision is possible. If a collision risk is identified, you’ll hear a warning tone, and a visual warning appears on your screen.
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