SAFETY UPDATES

BY JULIANA GOODWIN

Prime has a lot on its plate, but no matter what it’s working on or how busy things get, Prime has one top priority: driver safety.

Prime already has a stellar safety record, but Drew Martin, leasing manager of Success Leasing, hopes two new pieces of technology will keep drivers even safer while they’re on the road. he first new safety feature is Side uard Assist, and it is being rolled out on Freightliners in . ighty percent of rime s eet is made up of Freightliner trucks, so this new rollout will make a big impact right away.

With Side uard ssist, two short range ra dar sensors are mounted on the side of the truck. Trucks and many vehicles these days are already equipped with radar sensors that alert the driver if they veer out of their lanes or they’re about to change lanes and merge into another driver. “The difference is this looks down the entire length of the trailer,” Drew says. “It doesn’t stop you, but it will notify you if someone is in that lane.” rew s hope is that Side uard ssist will eliminate a major blind spot by detecting objects when drivers turn right. The right side of a truck is a big blind spot for drivers, and as a result, it’s pretty common for accidents to happen on that right side of the trailer.

The second new piece of technology is called Active Speed Intervention. “Speed is a top cause of accidents,” Drew says, and this new safety fea ture should help drivers monitor their speed vs. the posted speed limit. The technology utilizes a camera in the front of the truck that will read the speed limit and display it on the dash. If a driver goes over the limit, it puts a red halo around the speed limit. If a driver goes 6 MPH over, it has a blue light.

After 10 seconds of going 10 MPH over the limit the intervention kicks in. If the truck is not in cruise control, Active Speed Intervention will de throttle for two seconds to alert the driver. If the truck is in cruise control, it will ad just the speed of the truck down to the posted limit. Drew says this piece of technology might not be everyone’s favorite, but it is very import ant. “A safer truck is a better truck,” he says. “If this can save a life or prevent an accident, we’re going to do it.”

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