sae commercial vehicle engineering
by Admin on Jun 7th, 2010
Heavy truck accidents have been associated with costly and fatal truck accidents, which is why the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) have developed new technologies to decrease these accidents. The technologies were showcased at the Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition.
Delphi, which was one the SAE’s 2008 exhibitors, revealed several new technologies to decrease truck accidents.
Truck Safety Technologies on the Horizon
There are an array of technologies on the horizon being developed by commercial truck manufacturers as well as technology producers working to better equip commercial truck drivers with the safety devices needed to better protect drivers, passengers and other vehicles on the road. Among the technologies being developed are the following, according to Delphi:
* The vehicle integrated safety system that offers lane departure warnings for forward, side and lane departures using radar and vision technologies.
* The headway alert system offers feedback to drivers on safe and unsafe distances for audio and visual alerts.
* A lane departure warning system that uses a camera to alert drivers when they have drifted out of their intended lane and the system uses algorithms to stop alerts when turn signals have been used.
* A drowsy driver alert system attempts to reduce vehicle accidents caused by sleepy drivers by using an imaging sensor and infrared illuminators to determine the number of eye closure rates that occur for an individual driver. The system uses a variety of alert tones to ensure a driver stays awake until they pull off of the road.
In addition to new-aged technology being developed to ease commercial truck driver?s worries of becoming involved in an accident, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is in its third year of its driver information sharing project known as the Enhanced CVISN. According to the FMCSA Technology Division, this system was created to “enhance the safety, security and productivity of commercial vehicle operations and to improve access to and quality of information about commercial drivers, carriers, vehicles, chassis, cargo, inspections, crashes, compliance reviews and citations for authorized and public and private sector users.”.
The project is also responsible for gathering and maintaining statistics on commercial truck carriers involved in accidents, receiving tickets as well as roadside assistance.
Legal Help For Commercial Truck Accident Victims
Commercial truck accidents are among the most dangerous vehicular accidents that can occur in the United States. Most commonly truck accidents involve a severe injury or bodily harm to those involved.
Those who have been involved in a heavy truck accident should consult an experienced legal attorney who can provide insightful details into developing a truck accident lawsuit.
WARRENDALE, Pa., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Three mobility engineering professionals were presented with the Technical Standards Board Outstanding Achievement Award during the 2009 SAE International Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition, held last fall in Rosemont, Ill.
Earning the 2008 Technical Standards Board Outstanding Achievement Award was Steve Blanchard, retired Senior Development Engineer with Caterpillar Inc.
Earning the 2009 Technical Standards Board Outstanding Achievement were Jim Szudy, Engineering Manager, Vehicle Systems, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC; and Gregory V. Gillham, Manager of Heavy-Duty On-Board Diagnostics, Detroit Diesel Corporation.
Established in 1953, the Technical Standards Board Outstanding Achievement Award recognizes individuals for outstanding service in the technical committee activities of SAE International. This includes valuable contributions to the work of SAE International technical committees, unusual leadership in the activities of an SAE International technical committee, significant contributions as a representative of SAE International to the accomplishments of technical committees of other organizations or of government agencies, and outstanding contributions to SAE International technical committee work in the form of research, test methods and procedures, and/or development of standards.
For more information about the award or the recipients, visit http://www.sae.org/news/awards/list/tsb/ or e-mail pr@sae.org.
SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development. SAE International's charitable arm is the SAE Foundation, which supports many programs, including A World In Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series.
Contact: Shawn Andreassi, SAE International, via pr@sae.org or 1-724-772-8522
SOURCE SAE International
