TECHNONEWS * Sweden - Increased Road Safety With More Braking Functions as Standard

Stockholm,Sweden -TNN, by Gerald Woodgate -21 Dec 2006: -- In order to further contribute to increased road safety, Volvo Trucks will include additional safety functions as standard on its FM and FH ranges for the European market... With effect from March 2007, if a customer chooses a truck with EBS (Electronically-controlled Brake System) in base form, more functions will now included at no extra cost... Among the additional features provided are ‘Hill Start Aid’, which prevents the truck from rolling backward when starting on an uphill gradient, and ‘Wheel Brake Monitoring’ which alerts the driver if the brake force on any wheel suddenly drops...

* Canada - GPS-equipped trucks better: Applebaum
Montreal,Quebec,Canada -The Suburban, by Anna Bratulic -21 Dec 2006: -- The installation of satellite tracking devices on 20 of its snowclearing vehicles by the C.D.N./N.D.G. borough is not to spy on workers, but to make the system more efficient, says borough mayor Michael Applebaum... (Photo by Anna Bratulic/The Suburban - GPS devices allow vehicles to be easily located when needed)