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Oct 17, 2015

SAFETY TRUCKS * USA: The most important aspect of the trukers' job

* Minnesota - New technology promises to make trucking safer


-- Ask truck drivers about the most important aspect of their job and chances are you will get the same answer: safety... Last year, about 78,000 total crashes were reported to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Of those reported, just over 5,000 – or 6 percent – were truck-involved crashes. That is a 6 percent year-over-year increase compared to 2013... Freightliner of St. Cloud made a $145,000 investment in a new Freightliner Cascadia semi cab outfitted with the Detroit Assurance Safety System in order to give trucking company owners and independent owner/operators the chance to get behind the wheel and feel for themselves the difference... Using a windshield mounted camera system and a front-mounted radar system, the technology provides active brake assist, adaptive cruise control and lane departure warnings to help curb accidents... The entire suite of systems can cost about $3,000 to install in a truck, provided the semi cab already has technology that would be compatible with the system... The commitment of the team at Freightliner of St. Cloud to provide the consumer with a hands-on sales pitch versus a verbal-only demonstration that was driving force behind the project...
 (Photo: Freightliner - Cascadia Detroit Assurance Integrated Safety System) -- St. Cloud, MINN, USA - St. Cloud Times/Claims Journal, by VICKI IKEOGU - October 16, 2015

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