A SEAT engineer and two of his cycling enthusiast friends take to the road to show how the new driving assistant on the Tarraco SUV operates to protect riders, as they are involved in 8% of traffic accidents in Europe.
At the wheel of the Tarraco, Esteban Alcantara, who is responsible for Active Safety at the Spanish automaker, encounters a couple of cyclists travelling in the same direction.
Audible and visual warning
When he gets closer to them, “the front mounted elradar detects their presence, and according to the trajectory and speed of both the car and the cyclists, triggers a number of actions to prevent a possible collision”, he says.
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