Our Top Car Safety Features
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Looking Out For Your Whole Crew
Will Your Next Car Have Top Safety Tech?
If you’ve ever shopped for a new family car, you know how important the latest safety features are. But with so many next-generation driving aids out there, it can be tough to discern what’s a must – and what would simply be nice to have. When considering a luxury vehicle for the whole crew, remember that its safety features should meet more than your needs alone. They should also cover your spouse, your kids – even your pets. Here’s a checklist of the top safety features to keep in mind when shopping for a new family ride.
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Get on board with passenger safety systems
If you're driving with two adults and two kids, everyone should be protected in the event of an accident. While driver and passenger airbags are a given, it’s important to check if a new car has a more advanced system available. That means one with side-impact and side-curtain airbags in the front and rear. If you happen to be looking at the INFINITI QX60, you can rest assured that it offers a full-cabin system with extra airbags on the seats and roof. Because your crew deserves ultimate peace of mind.
In case you're going to be driving with a child under 12, remember to check on your next car's child restraint compatibility. These days, all vehicles are required to have the LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children) system, which helps parents install a child seat more easily and securely.
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Surround yourself with driver assistance tech
INFINITI is no stranger to future-forward thinking. Since 1989, we’ve developed one World’s First Technology after another. Today, we’re especially proud of driver assistance features in the all-new QX60. These include things like Lane Departure Warning and Prevention, and ProPILOT Assist with Navi-Link. While there is no substitute for an alert driver, these systems increase your ability to detect and avoid hazards. That's something parents and passengers alike can appreciate.
In fact, lane departure warnings are a perfect example of the principles that guide our engineering: assistive and protective, but more than anything, empowering. If you accidentally veer into another lane, the system can and will help you move back into yours – but without fully taking over your drive. Similarly, ProPILOT Assist automatically adjusts your speed in relation to the vehicles ahead in order to keep a safe following distance. It doesn’t take over the responsibility of driving, but it does make that responsibility just a bit easier on you.
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See everything with panoramic awareness
Knowing what’s going on around you is essential, both for passenger safety and your own peace of mind. Starting with the QX60’s back-up cameras and object-detection system that prevent you from backing over toys, you get a sense of what’s available before you even leave the driveway. But that’s just to start. Once you put it into drive, you’ve also got blind spot and pedestrian/cross-traffic alert systems to ensure you can navigate highways and city streets alike with ease. And just like a trusted friend, this available suite of features is always on and always there when you need them.
The Around View Monitor (AVM) and Moving Object Detection (MOD) systems take things even further, letting you see above and beyond by giving you a virtual 360° bird’s-eye view of your QX60 from above. This composite perspective is also helpful when you’re on the road, allowing you to manoeuvre more confidently in both traffic and tight spaces.
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Enjoy hands-free navigation systems
Every on-the-go driver will tell you that, after trying hands-free navigation, there’s no going back. In the QX60, voice commands feed directly into the Head-Up Display. The result is a more seamless and efficient navigation experience – one that makes every uncharted drive more manageable.
Oh, and that Head-Up Display? We mean it. The QX60’s lower windshield features speed, turn-by-turn navigation and warning projections, which means your eyes never have to stray too far from the road. It’s little conveniences like these that truly demonstrate our commitment to driver and passenger safety.
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Keep your eyes on the horizon
We take pride in our World’s First Technologies, and for good reason. Every time we introduce a new one, it means a safer, more comfortable ride for INFINITI drivers and passengers. Our engineers are hard at work on bringing the next generation of safety technology your way. So, be sure to check back in with every new model year to see what we’ve added to the lineup.
