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<blockquote data-quote="Returntosender" data-source="post: 1749939" data-attributes="member: 29240"><p>AVON, Ohio -- <a href="http://www.ups.com/" target="_blank">UPS</a>, which has a fleet of 16,000 tractor-trailers, says it will install collision-mitigation and stability-control technologies on each 18-wheeler that enters its fleet, starting with 2,600 trucks this year.</p><p></p><p>The advanced braking system, made by <a href="http://www.bendix.com/en/" target="_blank">Elyria-based Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems</a>, helps maintain a set distance between a UPS rig and the vehicle in front of it. Tractors fitted with the technology also automatically slow to avoid a collision.</p><p></p><p>"These are driver assistance technologies, not driver replacement technologies," said Fred Andersky, Bendix director of customer solutions – Controls Group. "Even with these technologies, the big rig driver is always in control. The system supports safe drivers and safe driving practices."</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/07/ups_tractor-trailers_getting_collision-avoidance_technology_photos.html" target="_blank">http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/07/ups_tractor-trailers_getting_collision-avoidance_technology_photos.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Returntosender, post: 1749939, member: 29240"] AVON, Ohio -- [URL='http://www.ups.com/']UPS[/URL], which has a fleet of 16,000 tractor-trailers, says it will install collision-mitigation and stability-control technologies on each 18-wheeler that enters its fleet, starting with 2,600 trucks this year. The advanced braking system, made by [URL='http://www.bendix.com/en/']Elyria-based Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems[/URL], helps maintain a set distance between a UPS rig and the vehicle in front of it. Tractors fitted with the technology also automatically slow to avoid a collision. "These are driver assistance technologies, not driver replacement technologies," said Fred Andersky, Bendix director of customer solutions – Controls Group. "Even with these technologies, the big rig driver is always in control. The system supports safe drivers and safe driving practices." [URL]http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/07/ups_tractor-trailers_getting_collision-avoidance_technology_photos.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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