When it comes to innovation, BMW has always thought and exhibited that little extra, which has left the populace wonderstruck. It is with the performance of the vehicle and safety of the passengers that more innovations are being conducted and implemented. But with changing times, the car manufacturer is also concerned with the safety of pedestrians with as much importance to the safety of passengers. BMW wants to manufacture and sell the safest cars in India and the world.

BMW is citing a commonplace condition, where a playing child, a walking pedestrian, or a motorcyclist could suddenly jump onto the road from between two parked vehicles. These are situations which cannot be perceived or “sensed” beforehand. For such situations, BMW has invented a system that will help moving cars communicate with an electronic device carried by pedestrians or cyclists. In case the system senses a dangerous situation where a pedestrian or cyclist is at risk, it warns the driver with the help of indicators and signals. An eminent plus of this system is that if the driver takes time to respond to the warning, the system automatically activates the braking procedure.

A part of BMW’s AMULETT (Active mobile accident avoidance and mitigation of accident effects through cooperative data acquisition and tracking technology) research project is aimed at prevention of accidents with the help of sensors and tracking technology. The tracking device can be worn on self or kept in a bag and it will help the car to actually “see” using transmitted radio waves. It will help the driver to a greater extent at night as it amplifies night vision using a thermal-imaging camera to actually detect pedestrians out of its “line of sight”.

This innovation will surely be of great help in reducing road accident deaths as no one is invisible to the BMW AMULETT. There will be safety in place for everyone on the road with BMW car technologies.