Mar 28, 2012 10:45 AM EDT
Cadillac XTS Boost Safety Technology

The next 2013 Cadillac XTS luxury sedan is to be equipped with variety of safety technologies to detent and prevent crashes when it comes out in spring.

ATS and XTS, which are scheduled to go on sale from 2012, will be available in showrooms with an optional Driver Assist package and a Driver Awareness package. The package included features such as using a combination of cameras and radar sensors to monitor the car’s surroundings.

The Driver Awareness Package also includes Forward Collision Alert which is used for front-facing camera to detect and inform the driver.

Another technology, Lane Departure Warning is fitted which makes a sound alert if the driver weaves out of the current lane without signaling. Side Blind Zone Alert is used with radar sensors to flash a warning if the driver activates the turn signals when another vehicle is in the Cadillac’s blind spot. The newest technology package, Rear Cross Traffic Alert, is used with radar sensors to detect whether a vehicle is approaching from the sides as the car backs out of a parking space.

The best of the technology adapted in the Driver Assist Package includes a new technology called Safety Seat. The system is being used with special vibrating pulses fitted in the driver’s seat to alert the driver to impending collisions and vehicles in the car’s blind spot. With the vibrating either in the right or left side of the seat, the system will help in pointing out problems that are only on one side of the vehicle.

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