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There are basically two dangers to passengers in a rollover. The first is impact with the inside of the vehicle. The XC90 performed admirably with side-curtain airbags and very little intrusion of the structure into the interior space. The second danger is ejection. The side-curtain airbags help with this danger, but in three rolls, said Gustafsson, any unbelted occupant would be at least partially ejected.

Other areas of safety technology Volvo showed us included its emergency response communication system, telematics interface research, and the Volvo Personal Communicator, a development of the door-locking remote system to extend the monitoring, communication and safety capabilities using Bluetooth technology.