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Daimler adds automatic braking technology to Freightliner trucks
Daimler Truck is adding safety systems to Freightliner trucks to help prevent crashes.
The systems use five radar sensors and a camera to monitor about 270 degrees around the truck.
That coverage matters because large trucks have blind spots and need more distance to stop than cars.
At a testing site in Oregon, engineers used dummy cars to simulate vehicles cutting in front of a Freightliner Cascadia.
The truck avoided one collision but clipped the dummy in another test, after braking; the tests took place at 40 to 55 mph with about 30,000 pounds in the trailer.
The system, called Active Brake Assist 6, can warn the driver and apply the brakes when it detects certain dangers, including some pedestrians and cyclists.
Daimler is upgrading its trucks with the technology, but no rollout schedule is given.
Daimler Truck is upgrading Freightliner trucks with technology that can detect some collision risks and apply the brakes automatically.
The system, called Active Brake Assist 6, uses five radar sensors and a camera to monitor nearby traffic.
At Daimler’s Oregon testing facility, a Freightliner Cascadia avoided one simulated collision and clipped a dummy car in another after braking.
The demonstrations took place at speeds of about 40 to 55 mph, with the truck’s trailer carrying approximately 30,000 pounds.
The system is designed to warn drivers and can recognize certain vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists in some situations.
- Who
- Daimler Truck, the company behind Freightliner, and Daimler Truck North America.
- What
- Freightliner trucks are being upgraded with automatic braking technology designed to help prevent some collisions.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Daimler Truck’s testing facility in Oregon.
- Why
- To help detect developing collision risks and reduce the severity of crashes.
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- System
- Active Brake Assist 6 (ABA6)
- Sensors
- Five radar sensors and a camera
- Coverage
- Approximately 270 degrees
- Test speed
- About 40 to 55 mph
- Trailer load
- Approximately 30,000 pounds
- Test location
- Daimler Truck’s facility in Oregon