Smart extendable vehicle bumpers have the potential to reduce collision damage by half, or more - by significantly increasing the distance in which to decelerate occupants. This can dramatically reduce impact forces, which is turn dramatically increases safety. This represents a new direction in vehicle safety - for extending vehicle bumpers in response to detecting possible, or likely collisions. Possible collisions can now be detected by perception systems and communications systems, so the time is right for smart bumpers. Even a stationary vehicle can be protected by extending its bumpers.
Currently, autonomous vehicles (AV's) are being developed to provide vehicles that can potentially avoid some accidents. However, AV's will drive in a mixed environment for years to come. Collisions will still occur. Extendable bumpers are the one solution that can dramatically improve safety for both conventional human-driven vehicles and for AV's.
Extendable bumper systems can also better protect colliding vehicles and their passengers, and not just the vehicle with the extendable bumpers. Extendable bumpers can not only provide greater safety, but they will lead to lower insurance costs. Please encourage manufacturers to incorporate this new invention into their vehicles - for everyone's sake!
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BTW, if you have a young child, please keep them rearward facing in a CRS until they turn six. They are about 5X safer! For all children, automobile accidents are the greatest risk to their lives. Extendable bumpers could reduce that risk in half. - Stay safe!