Nissan Road Safety

[Wizzo]

New developments from Nissan are set to improve road safety in all sorts of situations by expanding on the warning beep found on modern cars if you're veering into the path of danger by physically discouraging you from turning.

If a car is advancing particularly quickly in the lane you're trying to move into from a blind-spot, for example, a steering wheel resistance device will try and deter you from changing lanes.

This is one of a number of new measures being investigated that also includes side-collision prevention and the 'virtual bumper'.

Ultimately the driver will still have full control over the vehicle and the systems will likely work by simply making it clear that you shouldn't be doing what you're trying to do.

Pedestrians aren't being left out either, with the company also working on an anonymous GPS system, detected via people's mobile phones, to alert motorists of other potential danger.

Nissan aims to halve fatalities and serious injury resulting from collisions by 2015 with an ultimate aim to prevent them altogether.

[John S]

Nissan obviously wants to take Volvo's safety crown. The blind spot lane change device looks usefull though.