Over the past 10 years, car technology has come a long way and there have been many new innovations that have made cars much safer to drive and they have greatly reduced accidents on the road. Car manufacturers are trying to come up with new ideas all the time that can make driving enjoyable and safe again. They are also trying to devise technology that will cut the costs of running a car and maintain it as well. Many customers want to buy a car from a company that takes real steps to reduce its environmental footprint and that adds environmentally friendly features to their cars. There are so many modifications currently available throughout car manufacturing and the end goal is to cater for customer’s demands and convenience. People want to drive vehicles that can provide them with safety and cutting-edge technology.

You can now find a number of cars with Apple CarPlay and this allows a car radio or a head unit to be used as a display and a controller from iOS device. It is available on all iPhones starting with the iPhone five that are running iOS 7.1 or later. It provides you with a smarter and safe way to use your iPhone while you are driving. You can get directions, you can make phone calls and send and receive messages while never taking your hand off the steering wheel. There is so much cutting-edge technology available in cars now and if you are a little bit in the dark with regard to what is happening, then maybe the following can help to educate you a little.

* Health monitoring -- Some of the more popular car manufacturers are installing systems that measure the driver’s health condition by placing sensors in seat belts and the steering wheel to check certain aspects of their health. The system is put in place to measure their blood pressure, heart rate, glucose and other important vitals that will hopefully cut down the amount of car accidents due to sudden health conditions. This will help to reduce risk injury in unavoidable collisions.

* Self driving cars -- This is actually technology that will be happening quite soon and this kind of technology will make driving a lot safer. There will be very little or no human input required and this will cut back on the many risks that human error causes to happen. Most car accidents are due to driver error and making bad decisions and hopefully all of this will be fixed are quite soon.

* Safety sensors -- In many modern cars there are sensors for things like the tyre pressure and even collusion control sensors. This allows the car to know if you’re driving too close to another vehicle or if it is driving too close to you. There are also sensors to let you know is some much needed maintenance has to be done to the car before a major fault occurs. Many new cars have cameras all around the vehicle to allow you to be able to park easily and it cuts out any blind spots. To learn more about car safety, have a look here.

These are only three of the numerous technology additions that are being made to cars and there are many more. This new technology also allows cars to have lesser emissions which are very good for the environment and good for us as well.