YAMAHA ASV-2 /ASV-3

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.

More details at oncoming vehicle information assistance system sub-function description.