Sunday, December 20, 2009

SGIC Welcomes New Technology to Bungle Rear-end Bingles

Insurance provider SGIC welcomes new blow abstention technology on the new Volvo XC60 SUV that will advice drivers abstain bingles.

Adelaide, SA -- SGIC has accustomed new technology that helps drivers abstain rear-end bingles, the a lot of accepted blazon of collision.

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While there's no acting for acceptable active and concentration, this technology could advance to a affecting abatement in the amount of rear-end collisions Based on our claims data, rear-enders amount South Australian drivers and insurers added than $23 million* a year, and this amount doesn't crop into anniversary any affecting and concrete distress. Volvo should be congratulated on analytic to abode this problem. We accept this technology is a applied footfall advanced in arrest the botheration of rear-enders. We're actual assured this technology will abate the likelihood of the XC60 accepting complex in a collision We're auspicious added manufacturers to chase Volvo's advance and accomplish this affectionate of blow abstention technology commonplace for Australian drivers. The low-speed blow abstention technology will aboriginal appear in Australia on the new Volvo XC60 SUV, due to be appear next month.

SGIC State Manager Lee Jameson said it was hoped added car manufacturers would chase Volvo's advance and cover the technology, which was accepted to not alone abate the accident of rear-end collisions but advice abate car insurance premiums.

"While there's no acting for acceptable active and concentration, this technology could advance to a affecting abatement in the amount of rear-end collisions," Ms Jameson said.

"Based on our claims data, rear-enders amount South Australian drivers and insurers added than $23 million* a year, and this amount doesn't crop into anniversary any affecting and concrete distress."

"Volvo should be congratulated on analytic to abode this problem. We accept this technology is a applied footfall advanced in arrest the botheration of rear-enders."

The technology, coined as 'City Safety', involves a sensor at the top of the windscreen that detects if the car is at accident of colliding with a car ahead. If the disciplinarian does not taken antidotal action in time, the brakes will be activated automatically to either minimise the impact, or abstain it altogether.

SGIC estimates there are added than 7,000 rear-enders* on South Australian anchorage anniversary year, with disciplinarian apathy usually to blame.

Ms Jameson said blow abstention technology was usually allotment of a car's cruise ascendancy arrangement and did not accomplish at accepted blow speeds. The technology from Volvo, however, is consistently operational and works for speeds up to 30km/h - the ambit at which a lot of collisions occur.

"We're actual assured this technology will abate the likelihood of the XC60 accepting complex in a collision," she said.

"This is set to be reflected in our pricing, and we appraisal the amount of a car insurance exceptional for this car will be about 20 per cent cheaper than the exceptional for agnate cars that don't accept this technology.

"We're auspicious added manufacturers to chase Volvo's advance and accomplish this affectionate of blow abstention technology commonplace for Australian drivers."

SGIC** is a affiliate of the all-embracing Research Council for Automobile Repairs (RCAR), which has been testing the Volvo technology for the accomplished three years.

*Based on SGIC claims data.
**As allotment of Insurance Australia Group.

About SGIC
SGIC is a arch allowance provider in South Australia alms car allowance premiums, business insurance, home insurance, bloom allowance and more.

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