Driving can be a lot of things, it can be entertaining, relaxing, and thanks to manufacturers such as Chevy, driving can be a safe experience as well. Ever since the first days of the automotive industry, manufacturers have been constantly at work to create new and advanced tech that can not only reduce the severity of an accident but can even help prevent them entirely. When shopping at Parkway Chevrolet, your local Chevy dealer, you’ll be allowed to test all of the incredible safety features that come equipped on a wide range of Chevy models today. Back in the early days of automotive, features such as the seat belt were new and different, but its creation lent a glimpse into the future of the industry, one where manufacturers care about its drivers and innovate on new ways that we can stay safe while on the road.
In the modern-day, it’s not uncommon for vehicles to offer an extensive selection of available safety features so that you may further customize your ride around reliability. Aside from this, you can also find vehicles that will grant you these advanced features without having to pay an extra fee for its inclusion. Chevy’s commitment to safety has always been a driving force in their business. Because of this, Chevy’s latest vehicles contain some of the most modernized safety features that are available today.
Super Cruise
Among some of the latest safety features offered by Chevy, Super Cruise is a piece of driver-assist software that will complement the traditional cruise control features that we all know today. Super Cruise is a feature that will only become more useful as time goes on, as you need to be driving on a road that supports the feature to properly utilize it. With vehicles such as the new 2022 Bolt EUV, for example, the steering wheel has a light bar located on the top, and this will change color according to the road that you’re driving on. Once you’re driving on a road that supports Super Cruise, the light bar will be green, and this will give you the ability to take your hands off the wheel for a brief period safely. It’s worth mentioning that features such as Super Cruise are not to be mistaken with the likes of self-driving automobiles and are purely an assistive feature that can provide some automated driving capability in specific places.
Teen Driver
Teen Driver has been appearing more prominently on automobiles within the past few years, and for good reason, too, as Teen Driver is one of the most popular safety features that you can acquire. As the name suggests, Teen Driver is best utilized if your vehicle is going to be shared with a newly-licensed driver, and this software will essentially become the quintessential learning tool. Understandably, parents can become anxious regarding their child’s safety when driving their vehicle, and this software allows you to enable pre-set rules of the road, including volume limits, speed limits, and more. Teen Driver is also a smart feature, and it will prevent the teenage driver from shifting the vehicle out of the park for some time if they and their front-seat passenger don’t have their seatbelts fastened. After all is said and done, Teen Driver will send a report over to your wireless device to inform you of how your child did with their driving.
Head-Up Display
The Head-Up Display, or HUD, is an interesting piece of tech. With a HUD, you’ll have detailed stats of your vehicle that are displayed directly in front of your point of view utilizing a projection. To fully appreciate a HUD, you have to see it in person as it essentially looks like floating text that can display an array of information, such as a speedometer, for example. Most importantly, the easy visibility of the HUD means you won’t have to take your eyes off the road to read it.
IntelliBeam Auto High Beam Assist
Headlamps are an essential part of driving in the evening. Traditionally, illuminating the road ahead can be done by manually switching your headlamps on. Keeping up with other safety features that are essentially dynamic, IntelliBeam Auto High Beam Assist can smartly identify current road visibility, and even consider oncoming traffic, and will adjust your lights accordingly.
Automatic Emergency Braking
What was once thought to be impossible is now a reality, and features such as Automatic Emergency Braking can do more than save your car; they can save a life as well. As the name would suggest, this feature can apply the brakes in an emergency should the driver not have the means to react in time. Of course, the feature is not perfect, and you shouldn’t be entirely dependent on it. Automatic Emergency Braking is simply an assistive feature that has the potential to prevent an accident from occurring by reacting faster than the average driver can, something engineers could only dream of back in the day.
Forward Collision Alert
Forward Collision Alert is as essential as Automatic Emergency Braking and is the perfect companion feature. While Automatic Emergency Braking is tailored to prevent accidents when the driver can’t react fast enough, Forward Collision Alert is the feature that will try to give the driver a warning when an accident might occur. The idea behind this is to allow the driver a brief moment of alertness, prompting the driver to apply the brakes before Automatic Emergency Braking is applied.
Front Pedestrian Braking
Front Pedestrian Braking is separate yet related to Automatic Emergency Braking. Simply put, Front Pedestrian Braking is designed to apply the brakes if the driver can’t react fast enough, much like Automatic Emergency Braking. Different from this feature, however, as the name would imply, Front Pedestrian Braking is a feature that helps you avoid collisions with any bypassing pedestrians as opposed to other vehicles on the road. Each braking feature serves its purpose, but when combined, you’ll have yourself one safe and reliable ride.
Safety Alert Seat
Your Chevy vehicle can be equipped with a Safety Alert Seat. This technology is integrated directly into your driver’s seat, and if an emergency is detected, such as a forward-facing collision, for example, your seat will emit vibrations to assist with alerting you to apply the brakes. When combined with other integrated alert features, various vehicles from Chevy can always help you stay focused at all times. The Safety Alert Seat can intelligently communicate with the driver in which way the danger may be coming from. While features like this shouldn’t be relied on entirely, and the driver should always use their best judgment when necessary, the Safety Alert Seat is just one of many ways that Chevy vehicles can prevent accidents.
Rear Vision Camera
Rear Vision Cameras aren’t a new concept, but their usefulness hasn’t lost any momentum. Rear Vision Cameras are aptly named as they are designed to display the rear-side of your vehicle through a camera feed, and this camera feed is then sent to a screen within your vehicle. There are two different types of displays that these cameras are typically connected to, one of these being the screen of an infotainment center, while some vehicles will display this camera feed on your rear-view mirror itself. Furthermore, some vehicles allow for the addition of surround-view cameras, which combine an array of cameras to create multiple viewpoints that you may access, including a highly useful birds-eye view.
Chevy’s Safety Is Always Improving
From the humble seatbelt to the advanced capabilities of autonomous driving technology, safety features have come a long way. Chevy has long been an innovator in the world of safety technology and integration, and it shows with its latest round of models. If you are interested in experiencing any of these safety features for yourself, come test drive a Chevy model at our dealership today.
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