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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Neil Lancefield

Car safety tech has ‘blind spot’ for high-vis jackets, study suggests

High-visibility clothing and reflective strips may make pedestrians and cyclists invisible to modern car technology, a study suggests.

Automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems, which are fitted to all new cars, automatically apply the brakes if the potential for a collision is detected and the driver fails to respond quickly enough.

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