Autocar announces new safety features on vehicles

Hagerstown, Indiana-based Autocar, a manufacturer of severe-duty vocational trucks, has announced that its Autocar ACX severe-duty cabover vehicles will add six new advanced safety features:

• an eEectronic stability control (ESC) system that actively intervenes when the vehicle is understeering or oversteering to maintain vehicle stability;
• a rollover stability control (RSC) system that actively intervenes when the vehicle is at risk of a driver-induced rollover event;
• an advanced emergency braking system (AEBS) that allows the vehicle to detect an impending collision and actively engage the emergency brakes;
• a forward collision warning (FCW) that warns the driver visibly and audibly of an impending collision;
• a stationary lane departure warning (SLDW) that features a steady light located on the A-pillar and illuminates with an audible warning; and
• blind spot detection (BSD), which features a flashing light located on the A-pillar and warns drivers of vehicles in their blind spot.

These new advanced safety features are being added to a truck that the company claims already has:

• best in class visibility;
• up and down, in and out best ingress and egress for refuse;
• HVAC-focused insulation, testing, specific hot- and cold-zone options;
• reduced duplicity of monitoring and controls;
• tighter wheel cut and turning radius;
• optimized leg, head and torso room;
• weight distribution, suspension loading; and
• drivers safely enclosed in all steel cab, with automotive-style tooling with rugged fabrication.