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Apr 6, 2013

Safety first ... But can fleet managers afford them? * UK

* New safety technology, for human fallibility 

London,EN,UK -Transport Engineering, Ian Norwell -7 March 2013: -- Electronics have opened the door to a raft of safety systems that just a few years ago would have been fanciful... Most new safety technology is aimed squarely at reducing the risks resulting from human fallibility, be it poor loading, excessive speed or fatigue behind the wheel. However, do fleet managers specify such systems, and is the costjustfied if they do? ... Historically, fewer than 5% of chassis take newly-developed safety equipment, even when everyone agrees on the benefit. "ABS was a good example," Iveco product director Martin Flach, says, "Everyone loudly applauded the idea, but initially only 5% of vehicles were equipped with it. That figure instantly rose to 100% when it became mandatory" ... LDWS, which alerts a driver to his vehicle drifting out of lane, is listed at £2,330 by Iveco, £1,330 by DAF and £1,803 by Mercedes-Benz... Lane assist (LDWS), uses sensors to detect consistent white lane marking lines and, if a truck drifts out of lane without an indicator functioning an alarm sounds in the appropriate speaker, left or right... The cooking version of cruise control has been around for some time, but adaptive cruise control (ACC) now adds radar to monitor vehicles in front and maintain a safe pre-set distance, adjustable by the driver. It comes in several forms up to and including a full pressure brake stop intervention for a driver asleep at the wheel...

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