VisionZeroNews Issue #1/2016

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“As exclusive tire partner to Global NCAP’s Nikolai Setzer ‘Stop the Crash’ campaign, we are using Vision Zero vivid demonstrations to raise awareness among drivers across the globe of how important it is to make sure they have enough tread left on their tires and also keep their tires at the right pressure. Because by investing just a little more time and effort in maintaining and 1. Zero checking their tires, everyone can play Fatalities an important part in improving road 2. Zero safety,” says Nikolai Setzer, member of Injuries the Executive Board of Continental AG 3. Zero responsible for the Tire Division. Accidents

“Autonomous Emergency Braking or AEB Frank Jourdan systems are an important step on the way to accident-free driving – our Vision Zero. In the passenger car segment, the introduction of these systems is being driven forward powerfully by NCAP organizations. By way of example, AEB systems play an increasingly crucial part in obtaining a 5-star grade in the Euro NCAP ratings. In my view, it won’t be long before we can expect to see such systems as standard equipment. Every single injury or fatality in a road accident that can be avoided by AEB systems makes it clear what a very real benefit this technology offers,” says Frank Jourdan, member of the Executive Board of Continental AG responsible for the Chassis & Safety Division. Vision Zero – AEB & ESC 4 Vision Zero – AEB & ESC 5

AEB Life saving technologies up to the sole contact that counts: Intelligent self-braking vehicles are already AEB – Life-saving technology for collision mitigation and avoidance a reality

Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) is a collision avoidance feature that integrates state-of-the-art driver scans assistance systems with Electronic Stability Control (ESC). AEB tances m. at dis ess. gre 200rkn g, rain and da up to in fo ven Autonomous Emergency Braking is a responds to the warning by taking timely braking. These autonomous systems use E proactive and predictive driver assistance and appropriate action. lidar sensors, cameras and/or precision system that provides emergency braking radar sensors. assistance – or can even brake autono- In more advanced systems, this forward mously – if an accident risk is detected. collision warning is combined with a brake Autonomous Emergency Braking sy-

This intelligent system aims to avoid assist system featuring additional sensors. stems come in three different types, collisions with all types of obstacle. Alter- By monitoring these sensors, the system distinguished by their applications: 0 m 50 m 100 m 150 m 200 m natively, if an accident is unavoidable, the is able to evaluate the driver’s behavior “pedestrian”, “city” and “inter-urban” (for system targets maximum reduction of and provide intelligent assistance. For out-of-town driving on motorways and the impact speed. AEB systems use a net- example, by monitoring pedal sensors, major roads). The algorithms of city AEB AEB Life saving technologies up to the The Autonomous Emergency Braking monitors the road up to 200 m ahead work of sensors to continuously monitor a combined FCW/BAS system can iden- systems are adapted to dense traffic con- and evaluate basic operating and driving tify a sudden switch from the accelerator ditions, frequent braking and acceleration sole contact that counts: conditions such as speed, acceleration to the brake pedal – a characteristic sign and roundabouts, while inter-urban sy- and proximity to obstacles, along with that the driver intends to respond to an stems are adapted to the higher speeds Vision Zero brake pedal position and steering angle. accident risk by emergency braking. In and longer safety margins on motorways Accident avoiding driving – innovatively powered by Continental. The sensors can detect, say, if the vehic- such a situation the system is capable of and major roads. Pedestrian AEB systems le is starting to close up on a vehicle in immediately generating full braking pres- meanwhile feature special sensors desi- Lack of braking before collisions front. The detected speed and proximity sure for maximum deceleration. gned to detect pedestrians in the imme- data is used by an onboard computer to diate vicinity of the vehicle, who could calculate when the driver would need to An Autonomous Emergency Braking potentially step out suddenly into its path. Vision_Zero_Automotiv_EBA_200_meters.inddNo braking reacti o1n 15.12.15 14:53 react in order to prevent a collision. If the system goes one step further. Its environ- driver has not responded appropriately mental sensors detect critical situations In an ideal configuration, the AEB tech- by that time, for example by lifting off in good time, and the system then takes nology will be complemented by appro- of car the accelerator or braking, the system accident avoidance measures automa- priate occupant protection systems. If an drivers 39 % takes appropriate action automatically. tically. Driver reaction is not essential in impact with an obstacle is unavoidable,

Experts estimate that fitting vehicles with such cases – but neither is it ruled out. these systems can respond by instantly state-of-the-art AEB systems could cut The driver can reassert control at any tightening the seatbelts, adjusting the road accident injuries by approximately time. In Europe, the first such system was backrests to an upright position and rai- of truck of all

35 percent. introduced in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class sing lowered head restraints. Finally, AEB 26 % drivers 40 % drivers

in 2006. It was radar-based and featured retains its ability to intervene even after

Brake Assist (BAS) in its simplest form a multi-stage warning and intervention a collision has taken place. For example Braking with Emergency Brake Assist (AEB) was first introduced in Germany in 1996. strategy. Autonomous Emergency Bra- if the system is integrated with the airbag

Forward Collision Warning (FCW), by king systems are always proactive and control unit, the onboard computer can contrast, detects speed differences and predictive. If a collision risk is detected, use the ESC system to automatically braking proximity, and warns the driver of a colli- the system brakes automatically, thereby stabilize and brake the vehicle following sion risk by means of audible and visual reducing the speed of the vehicle. Final- airbag deployment in order to minimize performance signals. It does not, however, actively ly, when the computed distance from a the risk of secondary collisions. intervene in the driving process. So a vehicle in front falls below a critical level, before collisions collision can only be avoided if the driver the system initiates full-force emergency 100% automatically

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Euro NCAP integrates emergency braking systems

Since 2014 the European safety organization Euro NCAP has also been examining how well the AEB (Autonomous Emer- gency Braking) systems in new vehicles can detect danger and protect against accidents. Today, no new model can be granted a five-star Euro NCAP rating without AEB systems on board.

Many new cars are already fitted as a minimum score of 70 percent will be 2014. Independent studies in Germany standard with Autonomous Emergency required in this category. and the UK suggest that at least 20 per- Braking systems. As a result, AEB tech- cent of these fatalities could be avoided nology has been helping to continuously Generally speaking, the systems em- through the use of specific AEB systems. reduce the number of people killed or ployed so far have been most effective Most accidents involving people who Emergency Brake Assist with cyclist recognition seriously injured on the roads in recent in helping to avoid collisions between appear without warning on the road oc- years. Emergency braking systems for vehicles. But these are now being joined cur because drivers do not brake at all, inter-urban and urban driving have been by solutions that lend themselves to brake too late or brake far too hesitantly. covered by the Euro NCAP tests since pedestrian recognition. And systems So in addition to testing the AEB systems 2014. From 2016, cars need to score at further around the development curve focused on avoiding vehicle-to-vehicle least 50 percent of the 13 available points also set out to provide better protection collisions, from this year Euro NCAP is in the Safety Assist test segment to be for both pedestrians and cyclists. This also assessing systems that can detect awarded a five-star rating. And from 2018 group accounted for almost half (47%) pedestrians and offer them effective of the 26,000 road deaths in Europe in protection.

Emergency Brake Assist with pedestrian Emergency Brake Assists improve the driving safety of passenger cars significantly Global NCAP “Stop the Crash” Campaign 8 Global NCAP “Stop the Crash” Campaign 9

Braking performance decreases disproportio- nately with less than 4 mm residual tread depth

From November 17 to 19, 2015, the city of Brasilia in Brazil hosted the official kick-off event for Global NCAP’s “Stop the Crash” campaign, featuring an impressive demonstration of advanced accident prevention technologies.

At two international media events – the “For many years we‘ve been pointing out dramatically as the sipes can no longer TechnikForum 2015 in Levi, Finland, and the disproportionate decrease in braking interlock with the snow surface to gene- the WinterContact TS 860 Launch Event performance of winter tires with less than rate the required snow grip. in Schladming, Austria – some 140 jour- 4 mm residual tread depth. In these instru- nalists from 15 countries were able to ex- mentation-assisted tests, the journalists That’s why Continental continues to re- perience for themselves how the perfor- were also able to discover the impact commend that all drivers regularly check mance characteristics of premium winter of decreasing tread depth on the tire’s the residual tread depth of their winter tires change when the residual tread ability to deliver grip,” explains Dr. Holger tires or have it checked, and make sure depth falls too low. At each event there Lange, Head of Global Winter Tire Deve- they have at least 4 mm of tread left on was one driving station called Tread lopment at Continental. their tires before driving in really wintry Depth Comparison dedicated to Global conditions – for their own safety and in NCAP‘s “Stop the Crash” campaign. The results of the large number of test the interests of maximum road safety as “Stop the Crash”: Tread depth comparison – new, 4 and 2 mm Continental’s new premium winter tire, drives reflected this assessment with as- a whole. the WinterContact TS 860, will replace tonishing precision. Both the objective its predecessor, the ContiWinterContact measured data and the participants’ TS 850, from the fall of this year. In new subjective impressions of braking perfor- www.stopthecrash.org condition it has a tread depth of around mance and grip confirmed the causal re- 8 mm and the journalists were able to lationship here in technical terms: While Tread depth comparison compare this with two versions with resi- from 8 to 4 mm the drop in performance dual tread depths of 4 and 2 mm. is still linear, from 4 to 2 mm it drops Braking on snow

Braking distance

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Dr. Holger Lange, Head of Global Winter Tire Development new 4 mm 2 mm TheGlobal Global Status Goals Report 10 Safety by your side. Continental Emergency Brake Assist: The safety companion.

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The driver is Braking is key. the weakest link. Brake-related collisions per year. 104,483

The 2015 Global Status Report of the strategies to improve road safety are Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury 73,282 World Health Organization (WHO) beginning to make themselves felt, accor- Prevention at the WHO, calls upon deci- ding to Dr. Chan it also shows that “the sion-makers worldwide to rethink their of all accidents of all rear-end of rear-end reveals that despite all efforts to im- happen due to collisions due to collisions due to prove road safety, every year road pace of change is too slow”, as accidents transport policies, challenging them to human error weak braking not braking at all accidents lead to some 1.25 million continue to take their toll, particularly on refocus their attention on how vehicles fatalities. poor people in poor countries around and people share the road. “The lack of Rear-end collisions Collisions with crossing/turning cars the world. In terms of road deaths per policies aimed at vulnerable road users Statistics based on Germany Let’s look at the good news first: While capita, the prosperous European coun- is killing people and harming our cities,” the number of vehicles on the world’s tries have the lowest rates while African he says. If walking and cycling were Downtown can be dangerous. roads is growing faster than the earth’s countries have the highest. Fewer than made safer, Dr. Krug argues, there would population, the annual number of road half of all countries have committed to be fewer deaths, people would enga- fatalities is largely stable. Over the past the minimum UN requirements regarding ge in more physical activity, and there three years, 79 countries reported a drop the introduction of electronic stability sys- would be better air quality in our cities. in road deaths, while in 68 countries that tems and crash tests. And the key safety Against this backdrop, the involvement 29% number went up. The countries with the standards formulated by the NCAP apply of Continental’s Chassis & Safety and Tire highest success rates in combatting road in only 40 of 193 UN member states. Divisions in the Global NCAP’s Stop the fatalities have done so by improving their Crash campaign is only logical, because 75% national legislation to drive improvements According to the WHO report, motor- the target countries of this initiative that ccidents happen in the in road safety. According to Dr. Margaret cyclists are the most vulnerable group, promotes accident prevention technolo- of all a city Chan, Director General of the WHO, “We’re accounting for 23 percent of all road gies in vehicles are precisely the densely of all deadly accidents moving in the right direction.” fatalities worldwide, closely followed by populated emerging nations. occur in urban areas

pedestrians at 22 percent. Dr. Etienne Statistics based on Germany Statistics based on Germany Now for the bad news: Although the Krug, Director of the Department for WHO Global Status Report shows that Management of Noncommunicable www.who.org Instant improvement for your safety – our contribution

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