Looks like modern technology will make a major play in your 2010 Chicago S60. Volvo is teaming up with Delphi to create an Active Safety System. What this will do is allow the car to digitally detect pedestrians in the street that may come into contact with the car and it applies the brakes. It seems like a pretty cool system, but one flaw is that the system only detects people larger than 80 centimeters. So, if a Volvo Chicago is approaching a nanny walking a baby in a stroller, it might miss the baby since it’s smaller. The reason behind this is that the system is formulated on algorithms that don’t compute well for small humans. This is one kink that will have to be modified to be a great safety system. But the advances being made thanks to technology in auto safety are amazing, and Volvo is at the top of the list in caplitalizing on those technologies.

Delphi, the company powering this system, is giving Volvo’s the sophisticated camera, vision control module and radar sensor, which essentially make up the Active Safety System. One part of Delphi’s system that makes it better than others is that it allows the car’s complete braking if it senses a possible crash. Other like systems provide a car about 50% braking ability.

A major part of the safety system that will be found in a 2010 Chicago S60 is the Electronically Scanning Radar (ESR). It’s a bit complex to explain, but basically it scans the ranges of up to 60 meters ahead of the vehicle to see if there are any crash enhancers. It uses a radar to help increase accuracy of the threat it is detecting.

Volvo has always made sure it’s Chicago Volvo used cars are safe, and now they are taking that next big step in safety features.