Stay Safe this Winter with the Latest Features from Nissan

Winter weather poses additional risks to drivers. Reduced visibility and traction can create dangerous conditions. If you live somewhere that experiences ice, snow, and freezing rain, the risks are even greater. It’s important to practice additional safety, keep up with your vehicle’s maintenance, and stay alert all year long, but even more so during the winter. However, Nissan models offer an entire suite of driver assistance features, collision-resistant vehicle construction, and technologies that increase traction in adverse conditions. The Hall Nissan Virginia Beach team is here to break down some of the best safety features from Nissan to protect you and your family when the roads get slippery this winter.

Premium Traction Technology

Slippery winter road conditions require extra care while driving, but Nissan models feature intelligent technology features to make it easier to navigate situations with reduced traction. Nissan’s Intelligent All-Wheel Drive is available on the Altima, Rogue, Rogue Sport, and the GT-R. This advanced system can send power to the wheels with the most traction. Standard features like 4-wheel ABS, electronic brake distribution, brake assist, and hill start assist all offer support without being invasive. The tire pressure monitoring system will alert you if one of your tires has low pressure, which can affect braking, handling, and traction. Traction Control utilizes the sensors and systems already equipped in the vehicle to reduce understeer or oversteer, both of which can result in an accident. All of these features are so responsive that drivers don’t even notice how much they contribute to the smooth handling and drive of Nissan models.

Active Safety Features

Nissan Intelligent Safety Shield Technologies encompass all the ways that Nissan looks out for you on the road. By monitoring your surroundings and acting as a second pair of eyes on the road, you can be confident that your Nissan always has your back.

• Blind Spot Warning¹ – This feature detects vehicles in your blind spot, giving you a visual warning on the driver or front passenger side door pillar, and Advanced Drive-Assist® Display. When a vehicle is in your blind spot and you use your turn signal, an audible alert will warn you about the vehicle.
• Predictive Forward Collision Warning² – Using radar, this feature can detect potential frontal collisions, as far ahead as two vehicles, warning you to apply the brakes before you even realize you need to.
• Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)³ – The Rear Cross Traffic Alert system takes the guesswork out of backing out of a parking space. With sensors that can detect oncoming traffic, you’ll never have to worry if a vehicle will hit you while you’re backing up.
• Intelligent Cruise Control⁴ – This feature maintains a pre-set distance between you and the car in front of you by automatically adjusting speed, making cruise control more effortless than ever before.
• Driver Attention Alert (DAA)⁵ – By monitoring your steering patterns, this feature can detect when you’re inattentive and suggest that you take a break.
• Rearview Monitor (RM)⁶ – Thanks to a rearview camera, and color-coded indicators, maneuvering your car into tight spaces has never been easier.
• Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB)⁷ – Avoid frontal collisions with this advanced system. When it detects a possible collision, it first gives you a warning, and it can step in to apply the brakes in the event that you can’t react in time. In the event of an imminent collision, the system will slow the car to reduce the impact.

Passive Safety Features

In addition to the driver assistance features available on many models, passive safety features are quietly working behind the scenes and keeping you and your passengers safe. Airbags that can detect the severity of the impact instantly, and seatbelts that work in concert with other advanced safety technology are just the beginning. Nissan has also added systems that enhance brake and handling performance for safety. These features also inspire driving confidence that can help you tackle a variety of road conditions.

• Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC)⁸ – In instances of strong oversteer or understeer while cornering, the Vehicle Dynamic Control system helps to regain and maintain predictability.
• Traction Control System – This feature keeps your drive wheels planted in the event of excessive throttle input on surfaces like ice, mud, and wet roads.
• Anti-Lock Brakes – ABS is an indispensable feature that keeps your wheels from locking up when brakes are applied heavily, making sure your vehicle comes to a stop when you need it to.
• Electronic Brake Distribution – Working in conjunction with your vehicle’s Anti-Lock Brake System, EBD controls brake power distribution between front and rear wheels, as well as left and right, to ensure traction, braking, and cornering are always optimal.
• Brake Assist⁹ – During emergency braking, Brake Assist may step in to help drivers stop in time, by adding additional brake force.

Prevention and Protection

Nissan has always been dedicated to protecting its customers, and thanks to some amazing advancements in safety technology, your Nissan isn’t just built for value and reliability. It’s also built to protect you, your family, other motorists, and pedestrians in revolutionary ways. For more information about Nissan’s innovations in safety technology or to see these and other available safety features in action for yourself, contact the team at Hall Nissan Virginia Beach today or visit our showroom at 3757 Bonney Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23452.

¹Blind Spot Warning and Blind Spot Intervention are not substitutes for proper lane change procedures. The system will not prevent contact with other vehicles or accidents. It may not detect every vehicle or object around you. See Owner’s Manual for safety information.

²PFCW cannot prevent collisions. See Owner’s Manual for safety information.

³Rear Cross Traffic Alert may not detect all vehicles. See Owner’s Manual for safety information.

⁴Intelligent Cruise Control uses limited braking and is not a collision avoidance or warning system. Driver should monitor traffic conditions and brake as needed to prevent collisions. See Owner’s Manual for safety information.

⁵Driver Attention Alert cannot provide a warning in every situation. See Owner’s Manual for safety information.

⁶Parking aid/convenience feature. Cannot completely eliminate blind spots. May not detect every object and does not warn of moving objects. Always check surroundings and turn to look behind you before moving vehicle. See Owner’s Manual for safety information.

⁷Automatic Emergency Braking cannot prevent all collisions and may not provide warning or braking in all conditions. Driver should monitor traffic conditions and brake as needed to prevent collisions. See Owner’s Manual for safety information.

⁸Vehicle Dynamic Control cannot prevent collisions due to abrupt steering, carelessness, or dangerous driving technique. It should remain on when driving, except when freeing the vehicle from mud or snow. See Owner’s Manual for safety information.

⁹Brake Assist cannot prevent all collisions and may not provide warning or braking in all conditions. Driver should monitor traffic conditions and brake as needed to prevent collisions. See Owner’s Manual for safety information.

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