Abstract
The US Department of Transportation announced that it would go beyond active and passive safety systems to mandate the first use of a truly intelligent safety system. The new standard requires automakers to equip all vehicles with electronic stability control, which automatically brakes individual wheels during skids, by September 1, 2011. According to a senior staff member, electronic stability control is probably the most significant automotive safety technology since the seat belt. Electronic stability control combines sophisticated sensors and high-octane computing to take intelligent brake control to an entirely new level. Ford Motor Co. takes Electronic steering control (ESC) one step further with roll stability control, which senses when a van or SUV begins to tilt during a turn or emergency manoeuvre. It automatically takes countermeasures to prevent the vehicle from rolling over. Code-making organizations are currently developing broadcast and message standards for such systems, but it will take many vehicles with communications capacity to make them effective.
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