Published September 21 2022

Five advanced VW safety features that make life easier

Volkswagen vehicles stand out for their impressive design, driving dynamics, and for their modern technologies among many other features. When it comes to safety, for example, Volkswagen vehicles offer impressive driver assistance technologies that keep you and your family safe on the road. Here are some of the safety technologies that stand out in new Volkswagen vehicles. You will also find these technologies on many pre-owned Volkswagen models as well.

Adaptive Cruise Control

Adaptive cruise control is a technology that takes the basic cruise control system and makes it even more convenient. With the adaptive cruise control system, your vehicle will not only keep a set speed, but it will also keep a set distance from the vehicle ahead and can even slow down to ensure that it remains at the distance you selected from other vehicles.

Lane Keeping Assist and Lane Departure Warning

Lane Keeping Assist and Lane Departure Warning are two distinct technologies that are actually complements of one another. The Lane Departure Warning system scans the lines on the road and will detect if you are about to cross into the other lane. Lane Keeping Assist is there to prevent that from happening by slightly nudging the vehicle back into the centre of its lane. Together, these two technologies keep you on the right path even if you should happen to be distracted.

Forward Collision Warning

The forward collision warning system is a technology that can detect if a vehicle has suddenly hit the brakes in front of you. This can happen a lot in the city but it is also something that happens often on the highway when there is congestion. The system can detect a potential collision and automatically apply the brakes if required to prevent an accident. This is a perfect example of a technology that you will be very happy to have should you need it.

Traffic sign recognition

Have you ever been in a situation where you weren't sure of the speed limit? With traffic sign recognition, you will never have that problem again. The system can read the speed limits on the side of the road and provides you with information on the limit on the centre display. With traffic sign recognition, you know what the speed limit is in every situation.

Park Pilot

This feature is more of a convenience technology than anything else, but it also improves safety when parking. The technology is designed to assist by providing audible signals when objects are close in the front and in the back.

Check out these technologies for yourself today at Windsor Volkswagen!