We installed a Movon passive safety system in my vehicle last week. Let me first explain what this little device can do and how it works:
The system consists of:
- A camera mounted on the windshield and
- A screen that is attached to the dashboard.
The camera records everything happening on the road in front of the vehicle, including recognizing traffic signs, measuring the safety distance and detecting unintentional crossing of marking lines. Based on this data, the screen then warns with audio and visual warnings about:
- Detection of vehicles ahead,
- Detection of vehicles ahead,
- Possibility of hitting a cyclist, pedestrian or vehicle
- Speeding too high, considering the limits read
- Inadvertent lane departure (crossing the lane without a turn signal)
The system works very similarly to its older Israeli sibling Mobileye, with the difference that Movon also warns you when you are standing in a queue and the vehicle in front of you speeds away. In addition, Movon also has a built-in memory card that stores driving footage from the last 3 days and separately all footage where the g-sensor was activated (very sudden braking and other similar dangerous situations).
More about how it works in the video below.
Before my first ride with the built-in system, I first learned about the types of warnings and what dangers the different audible warnings indicate. Then came the first ride.
The first warning for crossing the line, the second, the third… and quite a few more followed. Warnings for colliding with a vehicle, cyclist or pedestrian, or for not following the safety distance were triggered more rarely for me. Which obviously means that I respect the safety distance and do not resort to sudden approach and braking.
The lane departure warning without a turn signal was a completely different story. This warning came on every few minutes, if not seconds. It didn’t make a huge difference whether I was driving on a regional road, a motorway or in the city.
Based on data obtained by the Slovenian Road Safety Agency (AMZS), this type of unintentional lane departure is among the most common causes of traffic accidents with serious consequences.
How scary! Honestly, before using the safety system that would warn me if I accidentally left my lane, I didn’t realize I did it so often.
After a few days of driving with the new monitor in the car, I started using my turn signals more conscientiously and tried harder to stay in my lane. After a week, my driving style improved slightly and I estimate that the lane departure warnings are now at least a third less frequent.
V prihodnosti delam še naprej na izboljšanje sloga vožnje, predvsem v omenjeni športni točki in se javim z novimi izsledki čez kakšen mesec, ko razkrijem tudi nekaj posnetkov grozljivih prizorov iz ljubljanske obvoznice.
