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PARIS, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Vehicle safety and convenience is making a tremendous leap with the
arrival of Blind Spot Detection to General Motors vehicles in the United
States. Valeo Raytheon's Blind Spot Detection system, designed to facilitate
lane change maneuvers by providing additional warning of vehicles in the
blind spot during lane changes, will be available on select 2008 Cadillac and
Buick vehicles. This technology recently received a 2007 PACE Award in the
product innovation category.
Increasingly, automakers are recognizing the benefits of active safety
systems and offering these technologies on new models. Blind spot detection
is an important active driving assistance technology that can help improve
drivers' awareness of their vehicles' surroundings, and make roads safer. The
system operates by calculating the position, distance and direction of travel
for vehicles in the adjacent lane of travel. It then alerts the driver of a
potential hazard with a visible warning symbol that appears in the side view
mirror.
Blind Spot Detection technology is an integral part of Valeo's Driving
Assistance Domain that deploys ultrasonic, infrared and vision-sensing
technologies toward the goal of achieving total 360-degree surveillance of a
vehicle's immediate environment.
Valeo is helping to lead the way in developing innovative technologies
that will provide drivers and passengers with a whole new driving experience.
Valeo's driving assistance technologies offer solutions for safer vehicles
and are intended to monitor the vehicle's perimeter, inform the driver and
other road users about the vehicle's immediate environment and to initiate
appropriate corrective actions.
Valeo is an independent industrial group dedicated to the
design, production and sale of components, integrated systems and modules for
cars and trucks. It is one of the world's leading automotive suppliers. The
Group has 131 production sites, 68 R&D centers, 9 distribution platforms, and
employs 71,100 people in 29 countries worldwide.
For more information about the Group and its activities,please visit
our web site www.valeo.com
For all additional information,
please contact:
Claire Vidal Pilo,
Media Relations
Tel: +33-1-40-55-21-26
[email protected]
Michele Cox
NA Media Relations
Tel: +33-248-340-8437
[email protected]
Valeo Management Services
For all additional information, please contact: Claire Vidal Pilo, Media Relations, Tel: +33-1-40-55-21-26, [email protected]; Michele Cox, NA Media Relations, Tel: +33-248-340-8437, [email protected]
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