Forward collision warning (FCW) systems act like an ever-vigilant guardian angel, watching for potential trouble. They provide visual, audible, and/or tactile alerts to warn a driver of an impending ...

Forward-collision mitigation with active braking, or automatic emergency braking, detects a potential obstacle and issues audio and visual warnings as well as partial and full braking if necessary.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has acceded to a formal request that it consider requiring that new trucks be equipped with forward-collision-mitigation systems that ...

The presence of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and collision mitigation technology on commercial vehicles is nothing new to the industry. After all, some Class 8 vehicles now have as many ...

Note: This is the second of a three-part series looking at collision mitigation technologies. The first installment, “Collision mitigation take rates on the rise,” can be found here. The next article, ...

Note: This is the third of a three-part series looking at collision mitigation technologies. The first installment, “Collision mitigation take rates on the rise,” can be found here. The second, “OEMs ...

Ram has a transmission software bulletin covering some Hurricane-powered trucks, while the 1500’s forward-collision system ...

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