Family-Friendly Tech: Exploring Chevrolet's Latest Safety Features for Waterbury & Terryville Chevrolet Shoppers

When shopping for a new vehicle there are a multitude of factors to consider when looking for the best vehicle to fit your needs and budget. If you have a family, one of the biggest, if not the biggest factor you will take into account as a vehicle shopper is vehicle safety.

Vehicle safety has come a long way even within the last 20 years. Many vehicle manufacturers have been able to harness emerging technologies to ensure that driver and passengers are not only safe in the unlikely event of a collision but are given the tools to provide is safe trip anywhere along with the ability to sense and alleviate a potential collision from happening in the first place.

Whenever a vehicle shopper comes into our Torrington Connecticut showroom here at Northwest Hills Chevrolet we know that safety is an important deciding factor in the vehicle that they choose to purchase. And thankfully Chevrolet has put a lot of time and research into finding the best suite of safety features to provide today's drivers in most all Chevrolet vehicles.

Active safety technology has been one thing that Chevrolet has put at the forefront for its lineup of cars, trucks, and SUV's. A full array of active technology futures help the driver watch out for dangerous situations on the road ahead.

Chevrolet offers a plethora of active safety features including front collision alert and automatic emergency braking. This feature can warn you if it detects a potential front end collision with a vehicle you're following so that you have the ability to take quick action and avoid a collision. It can also provide a tailgating alert if you are following too closely to the vehicle in front of you.

Additionally if you are travelling anywhere between the speeds of five and 50 miles an hour the system works with forward collision alert so you can avoid or greatly reduce the severity of a front end collision if it is detected with the vehicle you're following. And in the case of automatic emergency braking Chevrolet deploys advanced camera technology to automatically provide a hard breaking situation or to enhance the driver's heartbreaking in the event of a potential collision.

Speaking of automatic emergency braking another sub feature of this main feature is something called front pedestrian braking. In this case instead of sensing a vehicle in front of you between 5 and 15 miles an hour this system can help you avoid a potentially life threatening collision with a pedestrian it also has limited night time and low visibility performance to ensure you stay safe and the people close to your vehicle do as well.

Another safety feature found in many vehicles today that you'll also find in a lineup of Chevrolet vehicles is lane keep assist and lane departure warning. This technology uses a brief steering wheel turn to let you know if you are unintentionally drifting out of a detected lane. The assist feature will provide a warning signal if needed to alert you that you need to stay in the lane that you are currently in.

The current lineup of Chevrolet vehicles also comes with adaptive cruise control and following distance indicator this allows you to set up a safe distance between your vehicle and a vehicle you may be following to help maintain a safe following distance. This feature reduces the driver's need to break and accelerate frequently while on the road. So not only will you be able to drive more safely but you will be able to get more mileage out of your brakes.

At Northwest Hills Chevrolet if you're buying a vehicle to transport your family safety between destinations we understand that you may have a young driver in the family or perhaps we'll be handing the vehicle down in time to a teen driver. With all the technology available today team drivers are some of the most distracted drivers on the road. Thankfully Chevrolet offers a teen driver technology. This allows parents to customize settings inside of the vehicle. Parents can customize things like limited access to certain vehicle features as well as turning on certain safety features automatically. You can even set the system up to prevent the vehicle from being shifted from park into drive if the driver seat belt is not fastened.

Teen driver technology also provides the vehicle owner with a report card so they can have a better understanding of their young drivers habits in the vehicle.

Lastly, all Chevrolet models come with OnStar® safety and security. OnStar is your 24 hour a day, seven day a week assistance concierge. Whether you're facing a crisis or an emergency or a vehicle crash an OnStar advisor will be there to help you get whatever is needed in an unlikely event.

These wide array of safety features are available on most new Chevrolet sedans, trucks, and SUV's. Learning more about each vehicles individual safety features and how they work is easy to do. We would recommend scheduling a test drive here at Northwest Hills Chevrolet in Torrington so that a certified sales representative can show you all the ins and outs of Chevrolet's advanced safety features.

Schedule your test drive appointment with a sales representative at Northwest Hills in Torrington today we are a short drive north from both Terryville Connecticut and Waterbury Connecticut.