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TECHNONEWS * USA - Sensors take control to avoid collisions
Data on fatalities and work-related accidents. Truck driving ranks between 4th and 10th.
Nashville,TN,USA -RoadKing, by PAUL ABELSON -4 Set 2008: -- Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes data on fatalities and work-related accidents by occupation. Each year, truck driving ranks between 4th and 10th. Crash rates have gone down each year, especially when measured in terms of rates per 100 million truck miles traveled but the dangers still exist... Rollovers lead the list in causing truck driver deaths. Injuries and fatalities to occupants of other vehicles happen most often when trucks rear-end cars. Other crash causes include sideswipes from lane departures, loss of control when tires blow out and, finally, poor visibility due to weather... Almost every association and company in the industry is working to cut those dangers down. Driver training is getting better. The role that highway and road conditions play in crashes is recognized, and the industry is working to improve them. More drivers are using seat belts, and air bags are appearing on more new trucks... But one the biggest safeguards against collision comes courtesy of today’s advanced sensor systems. Modern electronic technology has given us devices that can help mitigate or eliminate crashes... The systems that can help ...
* Driving for Dummies? I wonder if truck drivers will eventually become obsolete. Won’t happen, you say?
Nashville,TN,USA -RoadKing, by David A. Kolman -4 Set 2008: -- TRUCKING WAS TRUCKING back when I began in the mid-1970s, and plenty of fun. Bouncing along the roadway, shifting through the gears, blowing smoke. Air conditioning was rolling down the windows and turning the dash-mounted fans to high. What trucker didn’t enjoy the “sweet” smell of diesel exhaust on a cool morning or evening?... Back then, safely piloting a rig took concentration and required a variety of skills. Nowadays, it seems that technology is managing trucking so that we don’t have to experience it... Diesel exhaust is being sterilized... There are collision avoidance, lane departure warning and stability control systems. Intelligent transportation technologies monitor and manage physical assets and information flows. There is asset tracking to monitor the location and status of tractors, trailers, chassis, containers, and in some cases, cargo. On-board status monitoring checks operating parameters, cargo condition, and attempts at load tampering... Radio frequency identification (RFID), smart cards, weigh-in-motion and nonintrusive inspection technologies simplify and speed operations at terminal gates, highway inspection stations and border crossings... Technologies integrate data from cameras and road sensors, and use display technologies to monitor congestion, weather conditions and incidents... Web-based technologies and standards are being used to facilitate the exchange of information related to freight flows... Undoubtedly, advances in electronics, computers, information technologies and wireless telecommunications have improved the efficiency, reliability, and security of freight transportation, and increased a driver’s and truck’s connectivity. But it seems like the driver is being given fewer and fewer duties and responsibilities. Not only that, but technology is taking the fun out of trucking...
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