by Elana Ashanti Jefferson Published in Propertycasualty360.com

According to the NHTSA, “even the safest drivers can benefit from today’s driver assistance technologies.” Here are some tech-driven features consumers can look for as they shop for a new vehicle:

• Rear automatic braking applies a vehicle’s brakes to prevent a rear collision when backing up. (Shutterstock)
• Backup cameras provide drivers with a clear view directly behind their vehicle. (Bloomberg)
• Rear cross traffic alerts warn drivers of a potential rear collision that may be outside the view of their backup camera. Here, Hong Bae, director of advanced drive assistance systems (ADAS) and self-driving at Faraday Future, speaks during the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). (Bloomberg)
• Traffic jam assist automatically accelerates and brakes a vehicle along with the flow of traffic, and keeps the vehicle between lane markings — even on curves. (Shutterstock)
• Highway pilot maintains a vehicle’s lane position and a determined following distance from the vehicle in front by automatically accelerating and braking as needed. (Shutterstock)
• Adaptive cruise control automatically adjusts a vehicle’s speed to maintain a set following distance from the vehicle in front. (Shutterstock)
• Forward collision warnings detect and warns you of a potential forward collision. (Shutterstock)
• Automatic emergency braking applies the brakes for you if a forward collision with another vehicle is imminent. (Shutterstock)
• Pedestrian automatic emergency braking detects, warns and applies the brakes for a driver when a pedestrian is about to cross in front of their vehicle. (iStock)
• Adaptive lighting automatically adjusts vehicle headlights when another driver approaches. (Photo: Sylvania)
• Lane departure warnings detect and warn drivers who are drifting over the lane markings. (Bloomberg
• Lane keeping assist automatically steers a vehicle back into its lane if the driver drift over lane markings. (Shutterstock)
• Blind spot detection warns drivers of vehicles in their blind spot(s). (Shutterstock)
• Lane centering assist provides continual steering to keep a vehicle centered in its lane. (Shutterstock)

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