Active Safety of Commercial Vehicles - Status 2002

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Main author

Enomoto, H.

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Type of media

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Publication type

Lecture

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Publisher

11. EVU-Jahrestagung, Portoroz 2002

Citation

Enomoto, H.: Active Safety of Commercial Vehicles - Status 2002. 11. EVU-Jahrestagung, Portoroz 2002

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English, 12 pages, 20 figures, 9 references
Keywords: Safety, Accident, Intelligent Vehicle, Advanced Safety Vehicle, Driver Assistance

In this paper, the current status of active safety of heavy-duty trucks is explained from the views of both manufacurer and research and development. After a brief presentation of the present condition of traffic accidents and trends of regulations in Japan, research activities on active safety systems, which utilize today’s electronics technologies are introduced together with the systems already in production. The paper presents in particular the Advanced Safety Vehicle, a HGV featuring various new active safety systems that utilize the newest electronics and sensor technologies.