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active safety

British  

noun

  1. the practice of taking measures to avoid accidents, as opposed to merely reducing their consequences Compare passive safety

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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According to the RMT, EMR has been sending trains into service that are "likely to fail and require a full reset which leaves the train with no active safety systems".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The package also rolls in all of Mazda’s active safety systems.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

But Apple is grouping active safety features — like crash detection or the ability to make emergency calls from the wrist — in with passive health monitoring features.

From The Verge Sep. 9, 2022

It also wants data where "gameplay was concurrent with any driver intervention measures or active safety measures."

From Reuters Jan. 25, 2022

But so-called active safety systems, which serve as the building blocks for automated driving, are already being built into cars and are making roads safer, he said.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2015

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