Honda Civic: UK range gets new active safety systems

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From next year in the UK, both the new Honda Civic Tourer and Civic hatch will offer a new Driver Assistance Safety Pack, which will be a £780 (RM4,200) option on all SE Plus, SR and EX Plus versions.

The pack contains City-Brake Active, Forward Collision Warning, High Beam Support, Traffic Sign Recognition, Blind Spot Information, Lane Departure Warning and Cross Traffic Monitor systems.

City-Brake Active is a laser radar system that scans the road ahead and automatically applies the brakes if it senses that a collision is about to happen. It operates at speeds of 29 km/h or below, and is designed to detect cars and trucks.

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Forward Collision Warning recognises the vehicle in front using a forward-facing camera, and upon detecting the risk of collision, gives out visual and audible warnings. The warning distance can be adjusted by the driver. The system operates at speeds of 14 km/h and up.

High Beam Support works at speeds of more than 39 km/h to activate or deactivate the headlamps’ high beam according to oncoming or preceding vehicles. Lane Departure Warning gives out visual and audible warnings, and works at speeds above 63 km/h where the road has a curve radius of 250 metres or more.

Traffic Sign Recognition uses the forward-facing camera to detect road signs and then show them on the multi-info display – if it is relevant to the vehicle – once the vehicle has passed the sign. Two signs can be displayed at any one time. By using a camera rather than GPS information to detect the signs, the information is always accurate.

Blind Spot Information displays a visual warning on the wing mirror when a vehicle enters the driver’s blind spot. This remains until the vehicle leaves the blind spot. Visual and audible warnings are given if the driver operates the indicator whilst the vehicle is in the blind spot. The system operates at speeds above 19 km/h.

Finally, Cross Traffic Monitor uses rear-side radar sensors to warn of approaching vehicles when reversing. The direction of an approaching vehicle is shown either on the reverse camera screen or displayed using arrows on the multi-info display, accompanied by an audible warning. The system can detect vehicles travelling up to 24 km/h.

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Comments

  • sam69 on Dec 19, 2013 at 9:48 am

    The front bumper looks like Merc Benz A45 AMG wannabe..

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    • Sam Loo on Dec 19, 2013 at 2:35 pm

      Good Job Honda for creating a car with so many sensor for Tai Lan Ngong like me to drive blindly on road.

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      • SamShowedMeTheHilux on Dec 19, 2013 at 3:34 pm

        Dont fake and use my name. I am the real and only Sam Loo. Honda has lost its name in Malaysia after the rebadge of Perdana. I talk to so many potential Civic and Accord buyers, all say one thing, they are NO MORE buying Honda. Infact, they all said they were moving to Kimchi.

        Although I anti Kimchi, I have to admit, I am glad Honda Malaysia has pissed so many current Honda owners and potential buyers. Yes, you can clear your 3000 old Accord stock to the government, but in the long run, you lost few thousand car sales in doing so and buruk Honda name to maximum.

        Padan muka. Go and dance with the Devil and now pay the price!

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        • No one says those damn Korean car sales has raise and Honda sales drop.

          So shut your ass up, and migrate to Korea if you love Korea so much.

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  • yoolang on Dec 19, 2013 at 10:39 am

    its a look very difference from malaysia one. why they not bring option for here? surely have people buy

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  • Moores on Dec 19, 2013 at 10:46 am

    While overseas Honda are using Blind Spot monitoring, over here the Accord comes with this old fashion camera that operates manually to see car coming from left. That’s how far behind that Malaysians are given those old unwanted feature.

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  • Usha-Usha on Dec 19, 2013 at 11:04 am

    All New Honda Odyssey already adopting this technology..

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  • If civic tourer comes to malaysia with a full spec like that, i’ll surely get one. Then again, why only europeans get the good cars? honda malaysia should bring this over as i believe the market is quite good here.

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    • Because in Malaysia, thx to the taxes,

      780pounds = 4000 ringgit
      Including tax and profit, Honda Malaysia will need to charge at least 10k ringgit for these features.
      Imagine a 140k+ ringgit civic 2.0?
      Not going to happen.

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      • it shouldnt be 130k at the first place. blame the tax? or the distributor?

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    • from business point of view (greedy towkay, not ethical one) if i sell low spec car also people still buy why trouble myself to sell good one?

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    • toyota no 1 on Dec 20, 2013 at 2:50 am

      malaysia 3rd world country bro

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    • Because a lot of Malaysians going to support Korean.

      Those people are just plainly hopeless of the world.

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  • when come to malaysia surely lacking this and that..coz the taxes price….hmmm kesian malaysian…couldn’t rasa hows the premium europe car feels…at the Japanese price tag

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  • kenot on Dec 19, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    nice system,

    but malaysian only can dream to get it from honda.

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  • Denaihati on Dec 19, 2013 at 3:40 pm

    hopefully the dream will come true to all models and not just honda because of very usefull technology.

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  • more and more assist system that make driver less conscious of their surrounding? more careless driver in the making?

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  • ben yap on Dec 19, 2013 at 7:40 pm

    this kinda features won’t be in Malaysian Honda Civic for sure. it is definite that it won’t cost RM4200 with this options it. Even a stupid bodykit and Navi system cost more than that.

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