If you are like me, you love to drive – on the highways, through the city, or on some old back road. But no matter where I travel to, I like to know that I am safe from beginning to end and that’s why I bought a Toyota equipped with Toyota Safety Sense™. But some may not know or fully understand all of the safety features that come part of that package. This week’s blog is just that, I am here to outline what it is and why you should want it.

Designed for safety, Toyota Safety Sense™ (TSS) comes standard in 19 models for no additional cost to you. But, exactly, what is it? Well, in simple terms TSS is a bundle of active safety features that come standard to ensure a safe and fun driving experience every time you turn on the engine. Safety is one of Toyota’s number one goals and these innovations were designed with you and your passengers in mind.

What Are The Five Features:

Pre-Collision System is designed to alert you and may apply brakes if a potential frontal collision is detected.

Lane Departure Alert will alert you of any unintended lane departure by alerting you when it senses you have veered from your lane.

Automatic High Beams aids nighttime driving by using a camera on your windshield to detect headlights and taillights of passing vehicles and switching between high and low beams accordingly.

Dynamic Radar Cruise Control uses a radar behind the Toyota badge plus your windshield camera to adjust your speed, helping you maintain a safe distance from vehicles in front of you.

Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection uses the radar system along with the integrated camera to reduce the chance of colliding with a passing car or pedestrian.

Toyota Safety Sense™ offers two additional features that only come standard in specific models.

Lane Departure With Steering Assistant will make a slight corrective steering input to keep your vehicle in its intended lane when it senses unintentional drifting.

Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control was designed to enable low-speed following, matching speed and, in some cases, stopping before colliding with passing vehicles on highways.

With these seven active features, your safety will never be compromised in a Toyota. Stop by our showroom today for a test drive and see what all the hype is about!