International Truck now offers enhanced features of the Bendix Wingman Fusion collision mitigation system on its LT Series, RH Series, MV Series, HV Series, and HX Series.
“Our DriverFirst philosophy drives us to continually improve product features that matter most to our customers, and safety is always a significant concern,” said Charles Chilton, VP of Navistar’s product strategy and planning function. “With our shared commitment to the driver, vehicle, and highway safety, we’re proud to advance the safety features available on our products in collaboration with Bendix. By putting drivers in trucks equipped with safety aids, we are all contributing to a safer transportation network, from which everyone will benefit.”
Upgrading from the earlier generation of Fusion as standard equipment on the International LT Series and RH Series, the enhanced Fusion system is designed to deliver:
Enhanced collision mitigation and stationary vehicle braking;
Multilane automatic emergency braking;
Highway departure braking; and
Enhanced Adaptive Cruise Control.
The enhanced Wingman Fusion system now has the capacity to apply increased braking power on the tractor and trailer when compared to the original Fusion system. It also retains the capabilities of the system’s earlier versions, such as stationary object alerts, overspeed alerts and intervention, lane departure warning, and prioritized alerts to help reduce driver distraction.
Further advancing available driver safety options on its heavy-duty lineup, International has also added the updated optional Bendix BlindSpotter Side Object Detection System features for the LT Series and RH Series. International has enhanced the optional Blindspotter system through improved integration with the vehicle’s controller area network.
With this new integration, the updated BlindSpotter system provides a wider, 150-degree range of coverage, which is capable of detecting objects up to 20 feet in front of and 20 feet behind the BlindSpotter radar. The coverage zone extends up to 10 feet to the right of the vehicle.
By operating in two modes–highway speeds and lower speeds–the updated Blindspotter system has an increased ability to filter stationary objects like guardrails at highway speeds, and narrows the range for alerts without filtering stationary objects or infrastructure at speeds less than 20 mph. The updated BlindSpotter system maintains the look, size, position, and mounting hardware of its radar and in-cab display units.
Source: Navistar
