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Tag: active braking
Overdrive Radio
Engineering realities v. hyperactive marketing: The âdriverlessâ trucking future explored
The Overdrive Radio podcast transports you like so many teleporting time machines back to the Aug. 22 panel at GATS about the $64,000 question: Whatâs the role of the driver look like at it changes over time with increasingly advanced layers of auto-assist technology?
September 6, 2019
Overdrive Extra
A litigious argument for collision mitigation
So goes the frustrated mind: collision-mitigation technology is âdetermining when I should increase my following distance, when I should change lanes, and when I should apply the brakes â oftentimes doing it for me.â Clifford Petersen has learned to work with his system, though itâs not all roses and can present dangerous situations. Heâs hopeful about one aspect of it, though. âŚ
November 27, 2018
Channel 19
Using collision-mitigation systems to a fuel-mileage advantage
It's a win-win situation with often-derided collision-mitigation systems on routes where a significant increase in following distance is possible to achieve.
September 11, 2018
Channel 19
A corrective to âbubble-wrappedâ driving syndrome
A tip from Mustangâs Trucking â donât try to read a book while going down the road â applicable whether your truck is âbubble-wrappedâ with auto-braking and lane-departure-warning tech or not âŚ
February 2, 2018
Business
Bumps and squiggles on the road to Automatic Hell
âEveryone pretty much knows Iâm not a fan of the automatic world, I almost lost my life to an auto-flush toilet in Montana, so if anyone can relate to feelings of disdain for having the brakes applied on a commercial vehicle youâre piloting, without your consent, itâs me.â
October 18, 2017
Business
Terrorist truck attacks spur attention to AEB systems around the world
Australia is reportedly moving toward mandating AEB for all new heavy trucks, following Europeâs lead, after automatic braking prevented further loss of life in last yearâs truck attack at a Christmas market in Berlin.
June 28, 2017
Channel 19
âTired truckersâ back in the headlines â and the limits, benefits of safety technology
Whatever comes of active driver-assist safety technologies in the near future, it will remain an aware driver that is the bedrock of all trucking safety.
May 14, 2015
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