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active safety

British

noun

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Passive safety is no substitute for active safety features.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023

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

First developed in the mid-1990s, automatic emergency braking is effective at preventing or reducing the severity of crashes, said David Aylor, manager of active safety testing for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2021

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