The Importance of ADAS Calibrations Featured on Advancements with Ted Danson

July 25, 2025

A recent broadcast of the award-winning Advancements, hosted by Ted Danson, featured the above segment on the impact and importance of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in today’s modern vehicles. The episode also highlights how critical it is for both driver and passenger safety that these technologies be appropriately calibrated after a collision or glass repair.

Grant LaBarbera, Protech Senior Vice President, and Don Mikrut, Vice President of Product Development, joined Matt Moore, Senior Vice President of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Highway Loss Data Institute, in sharing their insights regarding ADAS, calibration, and the future of automotive advancement with the Advancements team.

Watch the broadcast above to learn more about:

  • How ADAS can help compensate for human error and human limitations
  • How ADAS works to help stop accidents before they occur
  • ADAS limitations, including the concerns if systems aren’t calibrated after a collision or glass repair
  • How ADAS can become misaligned
  • The importance of following the guidelines of the specific vehicle manufacturer when calibrating and the tools the industry uses to reference these guidelines

Protech is committed to driver and passenger safety, and we are proud to have been a thought leadership partner in this production.

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