We tried three times. Set up bounce boards and aimed Volvo's stylish new crossover straight for them, expecting City Safety to hit the brakes and avoid a collision. It didn't work.

"Perhaps we were too slow? Reflection of bounce boards too bright?" Ed Loh posits. We didn't even debate the philosophy of technology that uses a camera to "read" solid objects approaching at high closing speeds and slows or stops the crossover, allowing the driver to keep on texting. Yes, City Safety assumes too much driver responsibility. It's also an impressive technology that has worked for us perfectly in other settings....Continued