Monday, 12 December, 2022 Chevrolet is constantly working on updating the many tools and features of its safety suite to ensure the best experience for its customers. We pride ourselves on selling powerful, comfortable, and safe Chevys. We know our customers in Georgia and South Carolina want a vehicle that will get them where they need to go while keeping their families safe. To help you decide on what safety features you need in your new (or used) Chevrolet, we will go over the range of features available in the current Chevrolet safety suite. This way, you can see which ones work best for you, your needs, and your style of driving. Forward Collision Alert and Automatic Emergency Braking While it's best always to have your eyes on the road and keep a good distance from the car ahead of you, we're all human. Sometimes, we get distracted. Other times, a car might swerve into our lane before our brain has time to react. The forward collision alert and automatic emergency braking systems are meant to prevent an accident in just these cases. The forward collision alert system gauges your speed as well as the distance between you and the vehicle in front of you. It will warn you if you are driving too close to the vehicle ahead of you at too high a speed. If you follow its guidance, you will have enough time and distance to brake no matter what the vehicle in front of you does. The automatic emergency braking system kicks in when the system senses you are about to collide with an obstruction in front of you. It automatically applies a hard brake to your vehicle or works to enhance your own hard braking so you can stop your vehicle in time. Following Distance Indicator In addition to the forward collision alerts, the following distance indicator is designed to give you a heads-up as to how closely you may be following another vehicle before the car's safety features conduct any automatic intervention. This system detects the distance between you and the vehicle ahead of you with radar and a forward-looking camera, then uses your speed to calculate your following gap time in seconds. This is the time it would take you to brake if the vehicle ahead of you suddenly stopped. Keep an eye on this indicator to gauge whether you are following the vehicle ahead of you too closely or perhaps dangerously. Front Pedestrian Braking In addition to inadvertently following cars too closely, you might be surprised by a pedestrian suddenly stepping out onto the road. The system works best when you're traveling at speeds below 50 mph in daylight. It will detect pedestrians in front of you and even perform hard emergency braking automatically to help you avoid a collision and tragic accident. Keep in mind that although the system does function at night, it is less effective in dark or low visibility conditions. Lane-Keep Assist and Lane Departure Warning When driving in rush hour traffic or on long road trips, it's easy to let your mind wander and then let your car wander. Unexpectedly drifting out of your lane may cause an accident, so the lane-keep assist and departure warning system are here to help you prevent that. If the system detects your vehicle drifting, it will gently correct the steering wheel to keep you in your lane. Don't worry; these corrections are not sudden, jerky motions but rather slow corrections meant not to startle the driver or unintentionally overcorrect a lane drift. If this correction doesn't get you back on track and you continue to drift, the system may send you additional departure warning signals. But what if you want to actively change lanes? Well, this incredibly sophisticated system can generally detect when you are making an intentional lane change, either because you have your turn signal on or you are intentionally steering the car, something that reads differently than unintentional drifting to the lane keep assist system. Rear Vision Camera and Park Assist Many new Chevrolets come equipped with a rear vision camera as well as a parking assist. The camera is set to turn on automatically when you put your car in reverse and helps you see what is directly behind you. This way, you can avoid unintended collisions with objects or the sidewalk when parking or backing up. Additionally, the rear park assist helps you reverse safely by emitting a noise whenever you come too close to an object. The closer you get to an object, these distance alerts emit at a higher frequency, so you have an idea of how far behind you the obstruction may be. Intellibeam Headlights Ideally, the headlights of a vehicle should illuminate the surrounding space without blinding oncoming drivers. Intellibeam headlights seek to do just that. Using a small sensor placed in the windshield of some Chevrolet models, these headlights detect the strength of oncoming headlights or taillights of vehicles ahead of you. Using this information, it adjusts your headlights and automatically turns off your high-beam illumination when other cars are nearby. This system gives you the best view of the road and your surroundings in low-light situations without compromising the safety of other drivers and vehicles around you. What Chevy Models Include the Safety Suite? Many of the newer Chevrolet models come with most or all of the safety features listed above as standard or optional features. These models include the Chevrolet Equinox, the Trailblazer, the Blazer, and the Traverse, just to name a few. Customers who want an electric vehicle option will be happy to know that the Chevrolet Bolt EV also comes with this safety suite. If you want to browse some of the safest Chevrolet models available in South Carolina and the Savannah metro area, drop by Vaden Automotive to see and test drive the cars so you can get a sense of the updated Chevrolet safety suite up close. Chevrolet Logo by Xtra Flare is licensed with CC BY 2.0
