Trapped in another Volvo safety demo Blunder
Volvo's reputation for security issues messed up the left, another blow after the new system to alert pedestrians took an inflatable doll man for a tractor.
E 'second embarrassing failure of the Swedish carmaker, in a technology demonstration of the means of preventing accidents in five months. In May, a Volvo crashed into the back of a truck stop instead of just the effects.
The recent events in the parking lot Bungle a wine factory in the province of Verona, Italy on September 24 during a demonstration of new technology pedestrian warning the international media launch of the new Volvo V60 wagon.
The system is designed to stop a pedestrian if the driver does not brake in time. Three journalists from Australia - - any incident which was captured on video, but after more than 650 events without a problem starting the last four weeks for three times before the last beat dummy Media Group. (One of them is captured in the video below)
"I am very sad what has happened," says Volvo CEO of active safety, progress Jonah. "We know the technology works, but I'm not with the demonstration of the methods we use happy."
Volvo was later revealed a small plastic dish with aluminum foil in the bag of sand near the inflatable doll fall at your feet, the machine recognizes the "pawn" of inclusion. But the doll in the wind the first leg before failing, and the aluminum reflector has not been filed properly again. Suspected Volvo tractor-trailer behind, but at some distance from the model in one of the tracks, have confused the pedestrian warning system.
"The radar will be routed directly to the dummy plastic filled with air, so we put aluminum on the feet of the dummy in the bag of sand, if the radar could not detect," said the progress.
"When the model was launched, the parable does not know exactly the right way, but the system of the tractor directly in the crosshairs in the background. The camera system is that pedestrians will be, because it showed the shape of a man, but when the radar went on a search, just picked up a weak signal for the dummy, but I have a stronger signal to the tractor. "
