Car watches out for kangaroos – level 1

05-11-2015 15:00

This news is from Australia. Kangaroos live there. Tourists come to see them, but kangaroos can cause problems.

Volvo makes cars. Every year, around 20,000 cars hit kangaroos. Volvo wants to change this. It wants to make safe cars.

Volvo tests a new system. It watches out for kangaroos. If there is a kangaroo in the way, the car slows down.

Difficult words: cause (to make), watch out for (to look if there is something which is dangerous because you want to be safe).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

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