* Sweden - Volvo adds emergency braking technology to trucks
Stockholm,Sweden -Car Advice, by David Zalstein -October 8, 2012: -- Volvo has made a collision warning system with emergency braking available for its new FH Series trucks to help reduce or prevent severe accidents caused by driver inattention.
The Volvo Trucks-developed Collision Warning with Emergency Brake is an advanced emergency braking system aimed at addressing rear-end collisions by alerting drivers to potential risks, with the intention of helping them avoid or mitigate an impact.
The Volvo system – designed to deal with both stationary and moving vehicles – combines both a radar and a camera to identify and monitor vehicles in front at speeds of up to 70km/h.
When the system detects a vehicle in the truck’s path it will hit at its current speed, the warning system activates a constant red light in the windscreen to alert the driver and bring their attention back to the road. If no reaction from the driver is detected, such as steering or braking inputs, the system increases to a flashing red light and a beeping sound.
If there is still no reaction, the system first applies the brakes gently before activating the emergency braking system that will do everything possible to bring the truck to a complete stop...
* UK - Leyland Trucks celebrates 10,000th DAF XF
(Photo: Neale Handley, Materials Director of Leyland Trucks (left) hands over the keys to Paul Evan, Transport Manager of Oakland Farm Eggs)
Leyland,Lancashire,England -HGV UK -October 7, 2012: -- Leyland Trucks, a subsidiary of PACCAR Inc and Britain’s only volume truck maker, has celebrated a significant production milestone as the 10,000th DAF XF model to be assembled at the plant... The DAF XF 105 vehicle range was introduced in 2005 and has since helped deliver DAF’s position as the market leader in tractor units in the European road transport industry...Labels: truckmakers news worldwide
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