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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

Like other automakers, Ford markets BlueCruise as an active safety feature, but I see them more as convenience features designed to take some of the stress out of long highway trips and stop-and-go traffic.

From The Verge • May 11, 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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