Testing City Safe :)

chiptivo · May 6th, 2015, 10:13

I was testing my City Safe yesterday.
I bottled it with my friend standing in front of the car (Although youtube has some great videos), and instead used a 50" TV panel box in the road.

Great success, was really clever worked very well apart from the last attempt when the car smashed into the box and propelled it 20 yards down the road..

Now, we are thinking why it did this, and our conclusion is that it started to engage, and then I dropped the clutch to change to 2nd and the city safe process cancelled?

Either way, it was good fun.. Loving the car at the moment..

roundyuk · May 6th, 2015, 12:53

Firstly the standard CitySafe will not stop for a person, it' needs something the size of a car (there is a percentage of the front of the vehicle needing to be covered) for it to activate.

Also, if it detects any type of user intervention it will not work.

tt82 · May 6th, 2015, 13:15

Yes, I tried it on my V70 fitted with 'Collision Warning with Full Auto Brake'. We built a cardboard wall but sadly my car just nailed it each time. Somebody did post about organising a day at Thatcham using their test equipment as seen in the Fifth Gear feature below. (Obvious disclaimer if you car doesn't stop and gets damaged) IIRC we needed about 20 people to be interested to get it to happen!

+ YouTube Video

volvorocks · May 10th, 2015, 22:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiptivo

I was testing my City Safe yesterday.
I bottled it with my friend standing in front of the car

Testing City Safety using your friend standing in front as a dummy, will only enable you to test out the effectiveness of the bonnet airbag...!!!

Regards

volvic40 · May 13th, 2015, 20:31

I bet even Volvo don't use live dummies for testing - very thorough!

May 6th, 2015, 10:13	#1
chiptivo Premier Member Last Online: Jan 17th, 2022 13:13 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: wirral	Testing City Safe :) I was testing my City Safe yesterday. I bottled it with my friend standing in front of the car (Although youtube has some great videos), and instead used a 50" TV panel box in the road. Great success, was really clever worked very well apart from the last attempt when the car smashed into the box and propelled it 20 yards down the road.. Now, we are thinking why it did this, and our conclusion is that it started to engage, and then I dropped the clutch to change to 2nd and the city safe process cancelled? Either way, it was good fun.. Loving the car at the moment.. __________________ Previous - S60 SE 2004 D5 (Owned 2010-2015) RIP Current - V40 R-Design NAV 2015 D2 (Owned 2015 -

May 6th, 2015, 12:53	#2
roundyuk Senior Member Last Online: May 27th, 2022 10:55 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Hampshire	Firstly the standard CitySafe will not stop for a person, it' needs something the size of a car (there is a percentage of the front of the vehicle needing to be covered) for it to activate. Also, if it detects any type of user intervention it will not work.

May 13th, 2015, 20:31	#5
volvic40 New Member Last Online: Jul 28th, 2015 22:27 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Nottingham	I bet even Volvo don't use live dummies for testing - very thorough!

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