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The "Yamaha ASV-2" is a
motorcycle developed to realize the functions to be compatible
with the "Intelligent Transport Systems" (ITS) to be
implemented sometime in the early part of the new century with
the aim of "constructing systems that integrate people, roads
and vehicles.
Yamaha has put to use the latest in electronics and other technologies
to build on existing safety technologies in the research and development
of this vehicle.
Model 1 of the Yamaha ASV-2 mounts five new systems that fall under
the three categories of preventative safety, accident avoidance and
damage mitigation.
Model 2 mounts a road-vehicle collaborative system that can handle
six types of rider support systems based on information supplied
by the road infrastructure.
The Yamaha ASV-3 is based on the technologies developed for its predecessor,
the Yamaha ASV-2, an Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)-compatible,
research-use vehicle with an airbag system, announced in 2000.
However, the Yamaha ASV-3 features a new, more advanced airbag system
for improved crash safety, being developed using a variety of analysis
software programs.
Brake assist system supplements the braking
force in emergency situations
This system works in combination with an ABS system. A sensor that
detects changes in brake fluid pressure is used to sense the characteristics
of the braking force being applied by the rider.
The assist requirement is determined separately for the front and
rear brakes and even if the rider is applying force to only one of
the brakes, if the braking characteristics indicate to the ECU that
it is an emergency braking situation, the system functions to automatically
apply braking force to both the front and rear brakes in a way that
makes full use of the machine's braking potential.
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