Bendix continues development of cruise system
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC continues research and development on Adaptive Cruise Control, the latest element of its active safety system strategy, company officials said at the Mid-America Trucking Show here today.The Bendix approach will enable brake intervention in ACC mode to help rapidly slow the vehicle and maintain following distance in addition to engine dethrottling and engine brake (retarder) applications, company officials said.
The technology builds on the company’s original active safety system, Bendix ESP stability system.
According to company officials, active safety systems combine key elements and functions to deliver a robust technology that includes:
1. Adaptive Cruise Control that enables a vehicle to maintain a set following interval, based on time, between the truck and the lead vehicle.
2. Following Distance Alerts that provides warning levels to the driver using lights or sounds to let the driver know when he or she is tracking too closely.
3. A Bendix ESP Stability System that provides the driver with more options to avoid a collision. Depending on the situation, the driver may elect to swerve to avoid an accident. Bendix ESP can help the driver maintain control of his or her vehicle.
4. Data Management/Telematics, which enables real-time information to fleets for their use in strengthening driver performance and tracking system activations. Information available from the ACC system and other vehicle systems will be tailored to individual fleet needs and may include target and actual following distance and time, driver identification, and vehicle identification, to name a few.
Fleet testing of Bendix adaptive cruise control is currently underway and Bendix anticipates production launch by early 2008.
Adaptive Cruise Control can be used in the same situations as standard cruise control. Like standard cruise control, the driver should avoid using the system in stop-and-go traffic, in inclement weather or poor road conditions, and at speeds considered unsafe for traffic, weather and road conditions, the company said.
March 23rd, 2007
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