Iteris' AutoVue Included in New Volvo Safety Concept Car

    ANAHEIM, Calif.--Jan. 16, 2002--Iteris Inc., a subsidiary of Odetics Inc. , today announced that its AutoVue(TM) lane departure warning system is one of the exciting features on the new Volvo Safety Concept Car (SCC) that is making its way around the world.
    With a main theme of "superior vision," the Volvo SCC employs a variety of technologies that enhance personal security and improve passive and active safety systems, thus pointing the way to a new dimension in the research and development of car safety.
    Lane departures are a serious problem with serious consequences. Statistically, lane departures were listed as a factor in 42.31% of all the fatal accidents in the United States in 2000. In an effort to demonstrate a solution to this growing concern, Volvo Car Corp. has taken the opportunity to include the Iteris AutoVue system in its safety concept car.
    The AutoVue system is intended to compliment the way drivers operate their vehicles. By detecting unintentional departures through common driving habits and filtering out warnings when the vehicle is operated in a normal fashion, AutoVue gives drivers more information at a time when they may be distracted or otherwise unaware of the impending departure.
    The Volvo SCC has been equipped with a range of future-generation systems designed to give the driver increased control and better preconditions for making the right decisions in difficult traffic situations. For instance, another enhancement of the SCC automatically adapts to the location of the driver's eyes and his or her body size, while advanced technology provides improved vision in every direction, both in daylight and when driving at night.
    "The Volvo Safety Concept Car is a vision of the developments in safety that car buyers can enjoy in the future. It is also evidence that Volvo Cars and the Ford Motor Co. are at the leading edge of the development of technology for safer driving," said Stefan Nilsson, head of Volvo Cars Safety Center.
    Roughly 90 percent of all vital driver information takes the form of visual input through the windscreen and windows of the car. If the quality of this visual information improves, the driver also improves his or her chances of avoiding a collision. With the Safety Concept Car, the Volvo Car Corp. and Ford Motor Co. are demonstrating the viability of the latest vision-enhancing safety technologies in cars of the future.
    "At a time when driver distractions are at an all time high, it is great to have technology like this to assist you," said Francis Memole, vice president of vehicle sensors. "Iteris is proud to have its AutoVue technology included in this innovative Volvo project."

    About Iteris Inc.

    Iteris, a subsidiary of Odetics, is a leading provider of advanced information, software and sensor technologies that improve the efficiency and safety of surface transportation. Iteris has combined information technology, system integration and applied sensors to offer a broad range of telematics and transportation solutions. For more information, see the Iteris Web site at http://www.iteris.com.

    About Odetics

    Odetics provides products and systems that employ information technology to control the use of public roadways, secure ingress and egress of public and private facilities and secure the delivery of digital communications. Odetics has headquarters in Anaheim and may be contacted at 714/774-5000 or Odetics and the Web sites of each of its subsidiaries at www.odetics.com.

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