It can be easy to forget the significant roll technology plays in day-to-day life, but once-futuristic concepts are continuing to advance every day all in the name of safety, comfort and convenience.
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One key area of technological advancement is in vehicles.
As the road toll stands for this year so far, 85 people have died in NSW due to traffic-related incidents according to NSW Centre for Road Safety.
The statistics suggest an on-going need for vehicle safety upgrades and technology can help with this.
Cars have undergone major upgrades over the years in features related to road safety and driver comfort, and one vehicle expert shared the details of how exactly things have changed.
"Features differ from brand to brand, but the general additions focus on autonomous braking, forward collision alters, and lane keep assist," Nathan Comerford, the Holden Sales Manager at Wagga Motors said.
"Autonomous braking is definitely one of the major ones we see which helps avoid rear end collisions or road obstacles."
Mr Comerford said features like lane keep assist works to reduce road incidents from fatigue or reduced alertness.
"This feature uses white lines on the roads to keep a vehicle in the right lane, so firstly it does require decent road lines to work, but when it can some will actually pull the car back into the lane if it starts to veer, while others may give audible alerts or even vibrations in the seat to alert the driver," he said.
According to Mr Comerford, vehicle technologies are not always a key point of making a sale.
"Some people are very technology focused, especially with infotainment systems like Apple Play, but a lot of cars are expected have these safety features now so it is just something that comes with any car in many cases," he said.
Vehicle technology is difficult to track and predict in terms of where it may be in the next few years, but Mr Comerford said safety is a big contributor.
"When I first started, ABS braking was the big thing, now it's just normal," he said.
"Some cars have seven or eight airbags when they only used to have two, so things are always advancing in different ways, but in the future it's hard to say.
"There's talk about completely autonomous cars altogether but this is mostly being knocked backed for safety reasons so new tech isn't always a sure thing in safe roads."
Mr Comerford said it is important to remember people's role in getting from one place to another.
"It's easy to rely on something that drives the car for you, but we have to remember that we still need to be alert and it is us driving the vehicles, not the vehicle itself," he said.
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