14 ADAS Safety Features Explained

ADAS stands for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, and it’s a broad term for the safety features and technology in your vehicle. In this blog, we’re going to explain fourteen ADAS systems that are in cars, trucks, and SUVs today. 

What Does ADAS Do?

ADAS systems were implemented to keep us and our passengers safe. Did you know that most of the automobile accidents on the road today are caused by simple human error? Almost 95% of the crashes on the road are due to human mistakes. 

In an attempt to solve this problem, ADAS systems were invented. Here are fourteen types that are available as features in vehicles sold today. You may recognize some of them in your vehicle. 

Passive ADAS Systems

The first eight ADAS systems on our list fall under the title Passive because they alert the driver of danger with sound, lights, and physical shaking, but they require the driver to take action. 

1. Anti-Locking Braking Systems (ABS)

This system stops your vehicle from skidding and spinning when the emergency brake is implemented. The emergency brakes should be used when your primary brakes aren’t working, which prompts the ABS to activate. 

2. Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

ESC helps drivers stop from under or oversteering, especially in unexpected weather conditions. 

3. Traction Control System (TCS)

This system uses ABS and ESC to help drivers keep the right amount of traction when dealing with curves. 

4. Back-Up Camera

Back-up cameras allow drivers to see what’s behind them when they are in reverse. This amazing technology puts a pair of eyes in the back of our heads. 

5. Lane Detection Warning (LDW)

LDW gives the driver a warning when they’re swerving into the other lane, saving distracted drivers from themselves. 

6. Forward Collision Warning (FCW)

This feature warns of a collision in the front of the vehicle prompting the driver to apply the brakes. 

7. Blind Spot Detection

Blind Spot Detection alerts drivers to possible dangers that they might not be able to see otherwise. 

8. Parking Assistance

This system helps drivers with parallel parking, which is an obstacle for many. By using alerts and cameras, you will know if something is near your front or rear bumper. 

Active ADAS Systems

These systems are deemed Active because the system takes action to avoid danger. 

9. Automatic Emergency Braking

This system will stop your car before you have a collision, which is perfect if the driver is incapacitated. 

10. Emergency Steering

Sometimes things can surprise a driver by jumping into the middle of the road. Emergency Steering will move into action when this happens so the driver doesn’t hit the obstacle. 

11. Lane Keeping Assist and Lane-Centering

When the vehicle swerves out of its lane, this system will steer the vehicle back into the right lane. 

12. Adaptive Cruise Control

This system keeps your vehicle going with the flow of traffic by matching the speed of the car in front of it. 

13. Traffic Jam Assist

Traffic Jam Assist works with Lane Keeping Assist and Adaptive Cruise Control to make your vehicle semi-automatic. When you’re stuck in traffic, this feature can ease your stress by taking over. 

14. Self Parking

This feature parks your vehicle for you so that you don’t have to. 

These are the ADAS systems available in newer vehicles and you may have some of them in the car that you drive. 

Do New Windshields Need ADAS Calibration?

Yes. When you have a new windshield put on your vehicle, if there are ADAS systems embedded, it will need calibration to make sure those systems are activated and working correctly. 

Need a Windshield Replaced That Has ADAS Technology?

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