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Pune: DaimlerChrysler is focusing on safety aspects of its vehicles and wants to ensure that "customers could have fun while driving its vehicles but would be fully protected from all sides in case of accident." According to Daimler Chrysler its new vehicles range would be an integration of active and passive systems with improved anti-locking brake systems and systems to warn the driver if the vehicle is out of control. The Presafe standard feature used by the company since 2002 prepares occupants for collision and reduces the consequences of the impact. In case of an accident, the systems would close the side windows and roof and ensure that the occupant sits in an upright position to minimise crash impact. The final phase of the rescue operation, includes cutting-off the fuel pump, unlocking the doors and lowering the side windows so that the gases, which leak out of the airbags, have a way out. The feature can also build a link with a mobile or call centre to give details of the position of the occupant and the severity of the crash so that aid could be brought in fast. The radar system of the vehicles can automatically adjust the distance and accelerate or decelerate as the occasion demands.
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