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Safety Technology & Quality
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To realize the ideal vehicle ― a goal we never cease to pursue. We continue to strive
for the technology that prevents and minimizes the damage of an accident in any
situation. "What causes accidents?" "What can be done to prevent accidents?" "What
mitigates the damage of accidents that have occurred?" These are the questions to
which we are constantly seeking answers. Our technologies will continue to advance
toward the ultimate goal of making a vehicle that is safe for everybody.
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Aiming for a Society with No Traffic Accidents
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Toyota utilizes the trinity or considers following the 3 pillars: "Humans / Cars
/ Traffic Environment" to implement the mobile society's ultimate goal, "zero casualties
from traffic accidents."
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Traffic Safety Education Activities
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Toyota has emphasized traffic safety education since the 1960s.Toyota offers safety
driving lecture sessions for drivers and traffic safety education activities for
kindergarten children, nursery school toddlers and teenagers. Other education activities
such as "Hands-on Traffic Safety Events" and the "Toyota Traffic Safety Campaign"
have been held for a wide range of the population.
More than 100 million illustrated
traffic safety books for kindergarten children and nursery school toddlers have
been given away since Toyota started distributing them in 1969.
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Additionally, traffic safety education activities are being expanded by the utilization
of connections with Toyota's establishments overseas.
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Find out more about Toyota's Traffic Safety Education Activities
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Pursuit for Vehicle Safety
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Toyota has been implementing "safety" measures to help create safer vehicles. Toyota
analyzes the causes of the accident and passenger injuries by using
various accident
investigation data. These accidents are reenacted in various simulations to create
counter-plan technologies. In addition, experiments on an actual full-scale vehicle
are conducted before launching the vehicle. Afterwards,
the effectiveness of the
technologies is inspected by assessing any accidents that might occur. We strive
to learn from actual accidents to continue to meet industry's ever higher standards
in safety.
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Toyota analyzes data from various accidents and strives to always make improvements
using the above methods.
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The Creation of a Safe Traffic Environment
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Toyota actively works with the Japanese Government toward implementing a safe traffic
environment and to help reduce the number of traffic accidents by
participating
in the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association. Recently, a policy was proposed
with the fundamental idea of having "all of the traffic participants coexist with
peace of mind" and emphasized more "traffic safety provisioning implementation that
is from the point of view of people-oriented." Furthermore, Toyota will be actively
participating and working with the Japanese Government to help enact fundamental
traffic safety plans.
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Toyota will continue to support suitable traffic environment construction and will
validate its outcome by continuing the advancement of research. To achieve a revolutionary
safe transportation system, unity between a car and the transportation environment
is critical. Toyota is actively taking part in helping to achieve this goal. More
information about Toyota's initiative with Intelligent Transport Systems, the future
mobility society, planning for public activities, etc. can be found on the "Intelligent
Transport Systems" page.
Intelligent Transport Systems
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Toyota's Philosophy for a Safe Vehicle
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Toyota is aiming to develop vehicles and technology based on the "Integrated Safety
Management Concept."
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Supports the visibility and maneuvering for the driver when parking.
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Toyota's active safety technology helps avoid dangerous situations and prevent accidents.
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Predicts a frontal collision before it happens and helps reduce damages.
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Passive safety technology helps decrease the damage from collisions.
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Emergency dispatch service (Help Net) can promptly notify of traffic accidents emergency
number automatically.
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In-depth technical information including detailed text and images giving you insight
into Toyota's many safety related technologies.
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Safety Technology History
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History of safety technologies related to Active Safety, Pre-Crash Safety and Passive
Safety dated back from the 1960s.
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Quality
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Based on our philosophy of " Customer First ", we test and evaluate vehicles in
various ways to be sure they clear our rigorous standards. For your car, better
is never enough.
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What Is a Hybrid System?
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A hybrid system combines different power sources to maximize each one's strengths,
while compensating for the others' shortcomings. A gasoline-electric hybrid system,
for example, combines an internal combustion engine's
high-speed power with the clean efficiency and low-speed torque of an electric motor
that never needs to be plugged in.
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Are All Hybrids Created Equal?
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There are several ways in which electric motors and a gas/petrol engine can be combined.
Toyota perfected the series/parallel or "full" hybrid to deliver the energy-saving
benefit of a series hybrid together with the acceleration benefit of a parallel
hybrid. Two key technologies — the power split device and sophisticated energy management
— make this possible. They constantly optimize the flows of mechanical power and
electric power for safe and comfortable vehicle operation at the highest possible
efficiency
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