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Vulnerable Road User AEB

AEB is technology designed to apply your car’s brakes when you can’t to help avoid or reduce the severity of a crash.

What is Vulnerable Road User AEB?

Auto Emergency Braking technologies are designed to detect objects in your vehicle’s path and brake automatically when you can’t. The technology can potentially help lessen the impact of a crash and in some circumstances even prevent the crash from happening. There are several different AEB systems that have been designed to deal with different crash situations: Vulnerable Road User AEB detects pedestrians and cyclists through their distinct shapes and characteristics.