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Toyota City, Japan, November 29, 2017―Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) will further contribute to accident reduction by progressively rolling out the second-generation Toyota Safety Sense―enhanced from the set of active safety packages first introduced in 2015―in its lineup from 2018.

Toyota Safety Sense is a set of active safety packages developed to reduce accidents guided by the concept of supporting drivers under the assumption that they will drive safely, and at the same time, mitigating damage should an accident occur. It comprises several functions, and its key features include the following:

• Pre-Collision System (PCS), which helps prevent and mitigate collisions with vehicles and pedestrians ahead
• Lane Departure Alert (LDA), which helps prevent vehicles from departing from their lanes
• Automatic High Beam (AHB), which helps ensure optimal forward visibility during nighttime driving

The second-generation Toyota Safety Sense being rolled out in 2018 will continue to utilize the single-lens camera and millimeter-wave radar currently used in Toyota Safety Sense P. It will be further enhanced with the following to prevent accidents and reduce the number of deaths and injuries from traffic accidents, and ease driver burden:

• Expansion of the scope of hazard detection, and improving functionality such as through improvements to the performance of the camera and radar
• Utilization of the advanced driving support feature Lane Tracing Assist (LTA)
• Reduction of the size of the unit to improve ease of installation

Here are the press releases:

US:
Toyota Expanding its Industry-Leading Safety Technology Package with Second Generation Toyota Safety Sense™ | Toyota USA Newsroom

Canada:
Toyota Expanding Its Industry-Leading Safety Technology Package with Second Generation Toyota Safety Sense™ | Toyota Canada

Global (Toyota)
Toyota to Roll Out 2nd Generation Toyota Safety Sense
Active Safety Packages from 2018 | TOYOTA Global Newsroom

Global (Lexus)
Lexus to Roll Out 2nd Generation Lexus Safety System +
Active Safety Packages from 2018 | TOYOTA Global Newsroom


1. Pre-Collision System with Cyclist Detection and Nighttime Pedestrian Detection

2. Road Sign Assist

• Key road signs are read by the camera and displayed in the instrument panel.
• This feature supports even safer driving by helping to reduce the possibility of overlooking speed limits and traffic rules, such as stop signs, no entry signs, and no overtaking signs.

3. Advanced Driving Support Features

Lane Tracing Assist (LTA) has been newly adopted to achieve such aims as easing driver burden and improving convenience.

• It keeps the vehicle in the center of a lane by assisting the driver in steering control when using Dynamic Radar Cruise Control. By accruing features such as Dynamic Radar Cruise Control, driver burden can be reduced in locations such as expressways, allowing drivers to drive with greater ease.
• LTA also comes with Lane Departure Alert (LDA). With the ability to recognize shoulders on straight roads without white lane markings, it gives alerts when deviating off roads, and assists in regaining track.

Lane Departure Alert (updated) enhanced with “road edge detection” to increase the vehicle’s ability to help drivers stay in their lane

USA/Canada Safety Package Comparison

	TSS-C (Certain current models)	TSS-P (Certain current models)	TSS (Beginning mid-2018 in certain models)
1	Pre-Collision System Lane Departure Alert Auto High Beams	Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection function Lane Departure Alert (available with Steering Assist function on certain models) Auto High Beams Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (Full-Speed Range available on certain models)	Pre-Collision System with Day/Night Pedestrian Detection function and Day Bicycle Detection function Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist Lane Tracing Assist Road Sign Assist Auto High Beams Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (excluding manual transmission vehicles) with enhanced forward recognition and acceleration/deceleration

Japan Safety Package Comparison

 

That is a good question. I'm guessing they'll come during midlife updates or full refreshes.

Soo.... the Camry may not get it because it was just launched this year.

But the RAV4 may since we're expecting a new model for 2019.

Something like the Prius is a toss-up. It's due for a midlife update in 2019 so it may or may not get TSS 2.0.


Also, LTA is probably reserved for the more expensive models.

For example, the current RAV4 has TSS-P but its DRCC is not full-speed.

The 2018 Camry has two versions of TSS-P - lower models have regular DRCC and higher end models have full-speed DRCC.

 

Unlikely. So far, only Tesla does software updates to major components. (Ford & Toyota just do software updates to the infotainment system(