Six systems, explained one at a time

Pick the system you want to understand. Each guide is a short read and follows the same five headings.

Collision avoidance

How the car judges the gap ahead, when it warns you and when it brakes for you.

Driver assistance

The difference between a car that warns you about drifting and one that steers you back.

Awareness

What the light in your mirror is watching, how far back it looks and why you still turn your head.

Low-speed maneuvering

Reading the guide lines, what the beeping means and the objects sensors tend to miss.

Vehicle dynamics

What the skidding-car symbol is telling you, and what happens when you switch it off.

Occupant protection

Where the airbags are, how the passenger seat decides, and what the airbag lamp is saying.

How every guide is laid out

The same five questions, in the same order, on every page. Once you have read one, you know where to look in the next.