Toyota Safety Sense Details

Toyota Safety Sense

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Toyota Safety Sense™ Your Trusted Partner on Knoxville's Busy Streets

Toyota Safety Sense

Your Trusted Partner on Knoxville's Busy Streets

Whether you're traveling on Interstate 40, driving down Interstate 275, or navigating the busy streets of the downtown Knoxville area, traffic in and near the city can be a challenge. Fortunately, many new Toyota vehicles found at Toyota Knoxville come standard with Toyota Safety Sense.™ A suite of innovative safety features, Toyota Safety Sense is designed to work in partnership with you to keep you and your passengers safe.


What is Toyota Safety Sense?

Toyota Safety Sense is a group of six safety features that are included with many new Toyota models at no additional cost. Integrated seamlessly with your Toyota's functions, Toyota Safety Sense features are designed to assist you in the potentially hazardous conditions you might encounter frequently on the streets in and around Knoxville.

Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection

This system uses a combination of a radar sensor and an in-vehicle camera to help detect a pedestrian or vehicle that is ahead of you. It's designed to help you avoid a frontal collision or make one that is unavoidable less severe.

This feature alerts you to the fact that a collision with an object ahead of you is likely. If you don't take action, the system can automatically brake to help avoid an accident.

Bicyclist detection is an optional feature that can help you detect a bicyclist during daylight conditions. If one is spotted, the system will alert you to take action if it senses that a collision is likely.

Toyota Safety Sense™ – Pedestrian Detection
Toyota Safety Sense™ – Automatic High Beams

Automatic High Beams

A built-in camera on the front of your Toyota can sense oncoming headlights at nighttime and toggle between low and high beams accordingly. You'll never have to worry about accidentally being an impolite driver and blinding someone else with your high beams again.

Dynamic Radar Cruise Control

Dynamic Radar Cruise Control is designed to assist you on those highway drives. Whether you live near Knoxville and commute downtown for work or you're headed out of town for a weekend getaway, this feature uses vehicle-to-vehicle distant to adjust your speed safely.

Even though you've pre-set a speed, this safety feature will slow your vehicle down to maintain a safe distance. It will do so without deactivating cruise control.

Lane Tracing Assist

This new feature uses visible lane markers and Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruis Control to assist you in keeping your Toyota centered in your lane. It also displays your position on the multi-information display (MID) screen.

Designed to help you combat fatigue during commutes and increase convenience, Lane Tracing Assist is especially helpful during Knoxville traffic jams. If your Toyota model is equipped with automatic transmission, you could add this feature.

Toyota Safety Sense™ – Lane Tracing Assist
Toyota Safety Sense™ – Lane Departure Alert

Lane Departure Alert

Lane Departure Alert can help you avoid a potential accident by alerting you if it detects that you are straying outside of your lane. This system can alert you to take corrective action. If you don't do so, it can also gently move your Toyota back into its intended travel lane.

Road Sign Assist

This new feature uses an intelligent camera that is forward-facing in your Toyota. It's designed to bring an added awareness to every drive by detecting street signs such as stop signs, yield signs, speed limit signs and do not enter signs. The system can then display this information on the MID screen.

Toyota continues to be a leader in vehicle safety features. Toyota Safety Sense™ is an industry-leading suite of innovative standard and available features that are designed to keep you and your passengers safe from harm. Visit a Toyota dealership near Knoxville TN today to take one for a test drive.