Bosch trials CCTV safety system for cars

Story link: Bosch trials CCTV safety system for cars by Jan Harris

Bosch, the German electronics company, is trialling an on-board, intelligent CCTV system for cars, which could significantly improve car safety.

The system uses sensors and ultra-high-performance electronic systems to recognise when a crash is going to occur. It then automatically triggers the car’s safety devices before impact.

This gives pre-crash systems a few extra milliseconds to activate and provide vital protection to the car driver and passengers.

Bosch is currently testing the system with an ‘inflatable car’ - a car-shaped airbag.

Prototype cameras have been fitted to standard saloons. These are crashed into the inflatable car to ensure that the pre-crash systems are triggered correctly.

The so-called ’sensitive’ car could come to market by 2009.