Cars equipped with a LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM, involved in accidents MORE often

Shocking statistic from The US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS): cars equipped with a lane departure warning system are involved in accidents more often than others.
IIHS web site: http://www.iihs.org/

"For the IIHS, this is quite the turnaround, as it initially believed this new technology would have the potential to save American motorists from about 7,500 collisions year over year. However, the opposite happens: Buick and Mercedes-Benz vehicles equipped with this technology recorded respective 4 and 5 percent increases of the number of accidents in which they were involved. The damage value was also greater than with vehicles not fitted with a lane change warning system.
Interesting detail: the Volvo vehicles the IIHS monitored via these calculations performed better than the average. The organization states that this may be due to the second automated braking system. Volvo has paired this device with, which activates in case of imminent collision.
In any case, the IIHS can’t explain the cause of this strange discovery, namely why this system produces the opposite of the desired effect. Perhaps it’s because it leads motorists to drive a little less safely? Do they forget to look in their blind spot, thinking the system plays an active role in that part of the operation?"

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