Vehicle Safety
Introducing Periscope. Safety engineered through a human lens.
Vehicle Safety
With Periscope, we bring together research, technology and advocacy for our vision of a future with zero crashes.
INTRODUCTION TO PERISCOPE
At General Motors, Safety is in Our DNA
We pour our hearts into safety because nothing matters more than the ones we love. With Periscope, we look at safety holistically. That means developing initiatives to support safe driving. And we are developing technologies that can help mitigate crashes. Why? Because reducing human error can help reduce crashes and that helps us all feel safer on the road.
Periscope Science
On the Road to Zero Crashes
Proactive
Advanced viewing and alert systems1 that can proactively command a driver’s attention to help avoid collisions.
Predictive
Active safety features such as Automatic Emergency Braking1 can help alert the driver and help mitigate a crash.
Preventative
If the unavoidable occurs, vehicles are designed to help protect with crashworthiness engineering including strong safety cages and airbag systems2.
PERISCOPE RESEARCH
There’s safety in numbers. That’s why we work with organizations like the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Together, we analyzed the effectiveness of active safety systems in reducing the incidence of a wide range of common crashes that these features were designed to help avoid. The results were impressive.
Rear-End Striking Crashes
Automatic Emergency Braking with Forward Collision Alert 1 can help you avoid or reduce the severity of low-speed front-end collisions with a vehicle you’re following by automatically providing hard emergency braking or enhancing the driver’s hard braking.
Lane Departure-Related Crashes
Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning 1 uses a brief, gentle steering wheel turn to alert you when you may be unintentionally drifting out of detected lane lines. System alerts do not occur if you're using your turn signal or it detects you may be intentionally leaving your lane.
Lane Change Crashes
Lane Change Alert with Side Blind Zone Alert 1 can provide side-mirror visual alerts when a detected moving vehicle is quickly approaching or is in your side blind zone. It can help you avoid lane change collisions.
MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND PERISCOPE SAFETY
“There are really simple, thoughtful things that we can do that can make an enormous impact on people’s lives.”
TRICIA MORROW // Global Vehicle Safety Strategy Manager
Rear Seat Reminder3, a GM driver assist technology which launched on the 2017 GMC Acadia, became a passion project for Morrow as a mom of young children.
TECHNOLOGY
Peace of Mind in The Palm of Your Hand
Because you cannot always be with them, OnStar Guardian™4 can go where your loved ones go, in and out of any vehicle. Whether driving, at home or even out walking, OnStar Guardian is a safety app that puts the power of OnStar on a smartphone.
- Safety or driver assistance features are no substitute for the driver’s responsibility to operate the vehicle in a safe manner. The driver should remain attentive to traffic, surroundings and road conditions at all times. Visibility, weather and road conditions may affect feature performance. Read the vehicle Owner’s Manual for important feature limitations and information.
- A NOTE ON CHILD SAFETY: Always use safety belts and child restraints. Children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat in the appropriate child restraint. Always properly wear your seat belt. See Owner’s Manual for more information.
- Does not detect people or items. Always check rear seat before exiting the vehicle.
- U.S. and Canada only. Available on select Apple and Android devices. Service coverage varies with conditions and location. Service availability, features and functionality vary by device and software version. Device permissions are required for app to operate properly. OnStar links to emergency services. Device and app may not transmit all crash data. Mobile Crash Response services are intended for use in vehicles only and can connect automatically on Android devices only. Roadside Assistance: Roadside services provided by Allstate Roadside Services for vehicles only. Limitations and restrictions apply. Towing services have additional fees. Emergency-Certified Advisors are certified by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. Location Status: Service is designed to locate compatible smartphones. Functionality varies by mobile device and plan. Data rates may apply. See onstar.ca for details and limitations.