Did you know that six ADAS systems reduce accidents up to 24%?

According to research carried out by the University of Limerick, in Ireland, a car equipped with only six ADAS systems would reduce its collision risk by 24%. They reached this conclusion after analyzing the behavior of hundreds of thousands of vehicles in the United Kingdom.

These six ADAS systems are: adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, blind spot warning, electronic stability control, forward collision warning and lane departure warning. However, it is important that these systems are perfectly calibrated, and drivers must use them properly.

The conclusion of this study is similar to the one reached by the AAA Foundation in the United States four years ago. Back then, after analyzing the behavior of vehicles on roads across the country, researchers established that the use of these six ADAS systems could potentially prevent 40% of all private vehicle accidents. Of the six most important ADAS systems, they realized that the emergency braking is the most effective in order to avoid collisions in three out of the four most frequent crash scenarios. It was also confirmed that this system is effective 28% of the time in intersections, 27,7% in rear collisions, and 28,4% in collisions with pedestrians.

Both the research in Ireland and in the United States confirm that the effectiveness of ADAS systems is conditioned by the driver's use of these systems, in circumstances such as darkness or rain. In the case of the United States, drivers tested by the AAA Foundation indicate that it is more important to improve the current ADAS technology so that it functions safely all of the time, before advancing on the development of 100% autonomous vehicles. But the ADAS systems, with electronic switchboards or sensors that facilitate the camera and alert functioning, must be brought to a reputable shop for periodic revision and maintenance so that they function perfectly, and must always be brought to the shop after a collision.

It is important to point out that the calibration and repair of ADAS systems constitutes one of the main business opportunities for body and paint shops in the new automobile field. And not only because, at least in the European Union, legislation requires that all new cars come equipped from the factory with the most important systems, but also because its maintenance and repairs are very profitable operations for shop, both in labor and materials.