Posted by John in La on August 10, 2014 at 15:47:51 from (96.33.136.54):
I have been called a steering wheel holder many times but it looks like it literally has come true. Went to Dallas this weekend and took one of our newer trucks equipped with Bendix ACB (Active Cruise with Braking) system. This is a aid to try to prevent rear-end collisions by keeping proper following distance.
You set the cruise at your speed.
A radar gun on the front of the truck picks up every object within 4 seconds (company set) in front of you. So if a car passes and cuts in front of you it picks it up. As long as the car is going faster than your set speed there is no danger of a rear-end collision so the system does nothing.
But if you come up on a slower vehicle the system picks it up and cuts your speed to keep you at a safe following distance. At 66 that's in the high 3 seconds.
If someone pulls in front of you and is slowing down such as a car cutting in and slowing for a exit the truck will automatically hit the brakes in turn cutting off the cruise and allowing the jake brake to come on. I have been told by other drives it will hit the brakes hard enough to smoke the tires on a empty trailer trying to avoid someone that does a sudden stop in front of you. This is what 3.8 seconds at 65 looks like in following distance.
So basically I can set the cruise at 66. If I get to close to someone the truck will slow to match their speed. If they pull away; get off a exit; or I pull into the left lane where they are no longer directly in front of me the truck will speed up and resume my set 66 mph. I never have to touch the gas; brake; of clutch for this to happen. I just steer the truck down the road.
If you turn the cruise off and use the foot pedal the system will warn you if you get to close to something. The closer you get the louder and quicker the beeping sound gets.
Now all they need to do is invent a system that follows the white line and I could sleep while going down the road.
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