{"id":274875783,"date":"2013-09-17T10:23:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T10:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=274875783"},"modified":"2013-09-17T10:23:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T10:23:03","slug":"volvo-debuts-worlds-first-cyclist-detection-system-with-full-auto-brake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=274875783","title":{"rendered":"Volvo debuts world&#8217;s first cyclist detection system with full auto-brake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Matt Swider, Tech Radar<br \/>\nVolvo is introducing the world&#8217;s first cyclist detection system with full auto-brake, the company announced today, adding to its already five-star-rated safety features.<br \/>\nThis is good news for cyclists who share the road with cars, especially in Europe. About 50 percent of all cyclists killed in European traffic have collided with a car, according to accident data cited by Volvo.<br \/>\nThe Swedish manufacturer said that its new system can prevent collisions when a car and bike are headed in the same direction.<br \/>\nAn instant warning and full braking power is applied to the Volvo car if the cyclist suddenly swerves out in front of the car and a collision is imminent.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/car-tech\/volvo-debuts-world-s-first-cyclist-detection-system-with-full-auto-brake-1141471\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/car-tech\/volvo-debuts-world-s-first-cyclist-detection-system-with-full-auto-brake-1141471<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matt Swider, Tech Radar Volvo is introducing the world&#8217;s first cyclist detection system with full auto-brake, the company announced today, adding to its already five-star-rated safety features. This is good news for cyclists who share the road with cars, especially in Europe. About 50 percent of all cyclists killed in European traffic have collided &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=274875783\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Volvo debuts world&#8217;s first cyclist detection system with full auto-brake&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274875783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274875783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274875783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274875783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274875783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274875783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274875783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}