Very impressive braking system

**Warflagon** · 01-25-13, 07:59 AM

Volvo's Incredible Emergency Braking System for Trucks - YouTube

**Zelmon** · 01-25-13, 02:17 PM

Man, hope you got the tires to handle that. Still pretty cool.

[sad note] I actually had a friend of mine killed by a truck driver who wasnt even looking up (fishing for his god damned cell phone) and....

Wish the driver had had that system

**Nuckle** · 01-25-13, 03:40 PM

My wife's SUV does that and yes it does work. It has two systems, you can turn it on to be a proactive system and it will brake early enough to actually use in traffic and not have to go back and forth gas to brake. If you do not turn it on it is still in collision avoidance mode and will brake at the last minute either preventing impact or drastically reducing the speed of the impact. It also has a lane departure avoidance system that prevents unwanted lane change or lane change when something is detected in your blind spot.

Cool Stuff

**Bunni** · 01-25-13, 05:13 PM

Impressive indeed!

**roadhog0** · 01-26-13, 05:56 PM

Thats pretty bad ass! My 86 Chevy unloaded wont even stop that fast... Nor my BMW 2002...

**Gumby** · 01-27-13, 02:13 AM

It is impressive, but it's not a replacement for an alert driver with good driving habits. It can't stop the vehicle any faster than the driver can. It can however react faster.

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**MaFioSo** · 01-27-13, 04:33 PM

So how does it work?

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**Nuckle** · 01-27-13, 05:59 PM

My wife's SUV works off of laser and cameras. I am sure the truck is the same way.

**Bunni** · 01-28-13, 12:38 AM

Originally Posted by Gumby

It is impressive, but it's not a replacement for an alert driver with good driving habits. It can't stop the vehicle any faster than the driver can. It can however react faster.

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I dont think its supposed to be, it reads more as an emergency, last resort system to avoid accidents. yah "emergency brake system". Though there appears to be alerts and everything so its supplimental as well.

On a test track in the new Volvo FH, together with test drivers you get to experience how the Collision Warning with Emergency Brake system can avoid a rear end collision, even if its tight!
The tractor trailer is fully loaded to 40 tons GCW.

Volvo Trucks - Emergency braking at its best! - YouTube

Volvo Trucks has developed Collision Warning with Emergency Brake – an advanced emergency braking system equipped with early collision warning to help prevent severe accidents caused by inattention.
Rear-end collisions account for a significant proportion of road accidents. In order to address this problem, Volvo Trucks has developed Collision Warning with Emergency Brake - an advanced emergency braking system which also includes early collision warning. The braking system, which is available on the new Volvo FH Series, has been developed to support the driver so that the majority of these rear-end collisions can be avoided or mitigated.
"We began by asking ‘what really is the problem?'. The answer is inattention. If you watched the traffic ahead of you the whole time, you wouldn't need systems like these," says Carl Johan Almqvist, Traffic & Product Safety Director, Volvo Trucks.
The new system combines a radar and a camera that work together to identify and monitor vehicles in front. The system is designed to deal with both stationary and moving vehicles and can prevent a collision with a moving target at relative speeds of up to 70 km/h. When the system detects a vehicle that the truck will hit at its current speed, the warning system activates a constant red light in the windscreen in order to bring the driver's attention back to the road.
"We don't want to take over from drivers because we believe they are in the best position to respond, as they might be able to safely drive around the vehicle," says Almqvist.
However, if the truck fails to detect any reaction from the driver, such as steering or braking, the system upgrades to a flashing red light and a beeping sound. If there is still no reaction, the system applies the brakes gently. When all this fails, the system activates the emergency braking system and does everything possible to bring the truck to a complete stop.
"In the vast majority of cases, the initial warning signals will attract the driver's attention. And in the rare case that they don't, the emergency braking system will still help prevent a serious accident," says Carl Johan Almqvist.
In Europe, emergency braking systems will be a legal requirement in new trucks by November 2015.

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Originally Posted by MaFioSo

So how does it work?

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hmmm look how the front carrage greatly bows downwards at the time of deceleration... Primary affect of the system has to be happening on those front wheels... hmmmmmm

Volvo Trucks - Stretch Brake makes downhill driving safer - YouTube
not the same system, but perhaps similar technology? IDK enough about vehicles though...

smilarly:
Volvo Trucks - Electronic Stability Program prevents rollovers - YouTube

Safety - YouTube

**MaFioSo** · 01-28-13, 01:13 AM

Originally Posted by Nuckle

My wife's SUV works off of laser and cameras. I am sure the truck is the same way.

Yea I figured that much, what I meant is how does the braking system work. I thought this video was about how fast the truck is able to stop, which I found impressive . If it's just about the truck automatically stopping on its own, that technology has been out for years.

Edit: Just saw your post bunni

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