{"id":2164,"date":"2019-09-27T20:06:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T20:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quicktransportsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=2164"},"modified":"2019-09-27T20:06:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T20:06:54","slug":"are-there-limits-to-electronic-safety-systems-for-trucking-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quicktransportsolutions.com\/blog\/are-there-limits-to-electronic-safety-systems-for-trucking-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Are There Limits To Electronic Safety Systems For Trucking Industry?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new study released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has found that electronic safety systems may not see stopped vehicles and, in some situations may exacerbate the situation if the truck driver is not paying adequate attention. This may come as quite a surprise considering how much the transportation industry and government agencies have been advocating the use of such systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Called \u201cReality Check,\u201d IIHS released the\nstudy<\/a> on August 7 after testing the electronic safety systems built into\nthe vehicles from several manufacturers. The tests were carried out on both\npublic and private roads, and the results were quite sobering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Examples<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is important to note that the study did not outwardly\ndismiss the value of electronic safety systems. IIHS acknowledged that these\nsystems have saved many lives. Yet, the study warned that the systems are not\nperfect and can fail under certain circumstances. The moral of the story? Truck\nand passenger car drivers using these systems must nor rely too heavily on\nthem, but instead continue paying close attention to the road around them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truck drivers especially must understand the limitations of\nelectronic control systems, whether they are behind the wheel of a passenger\ncar or a commercial motor vehicle. The study found situations in which vehicles\nunder the control of a semi-autonomous safety system did things that put the\ndriver and others on the road at risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such example included testing two Tesla vehicles\nequipped with electronic safety systems. In these tests, IIHS turned off\nadaptive cruise control while leaving automatic breaking turned on. While both\nvehicles braked when an object appeared, they still managed to hit a stationary\nballoon, which represented a potential pedestrian. With adaptive cruise control\nturned on, however, both vehicles braked sooner and were able to avoid the\nballoon. Engineers also discovered that the Tesla Model 3 failed to respond to\nsimulated vehicles stopped in front of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Need to Pay\nAttention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In many of the vehicles tested, the situations were\nmentioned in the owner\u2019s manual, but always with the important caveat that the\noperator must pay close attention to what is going on around them on the road.\nThe names for some of these systems can be misleading, referring to them as\n\u201cPilots,\u201d when in fact they are not self-driving systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While these systems may assist with things like speed\ncontrol and collision mitigation, they may not always get it right. It is\nessential that anyone operating a vehicle, whether it be a semi-truck or\npassenger car, keep a very close eye on what is happening around them on the\nroadway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trucks were especially vulnerable to lane-centering systems,\nwhich failed on curves and hills. On passenger cars, lane-centering systems\nsteered the car toward the center of the line, rather than keeping the vehicle\nwithin its own line. IIHS hopes this study will cause vehicle manufacturers to\ntake note and make critical changes to these systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Commercial Vehicle Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the IIHS study primarily focused on passenger cars,\nthere are specific implications for commercial motor vehicles. If there is one\nthing that has become glaringly obvious as a result of the study, it is that\nthe idea of driverless commercial motor vehicles are a long, long way off.\nThere may be unrealistic expectations of what these systems are capable of.\nWith their capabilities still yet to be determined, truck drivers are still\nneeded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electronic safety systems are great, but many consumers and\nindustry advocates still don\u2019t understand that this technology is in its\ninfancy and requires active driver involvement. Just a decade ago, no one would\nhave referred to a commercial motor vehicle safety system as an \u2018autopilot,\u2019\nyet today, that is exactly what they are called. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, professional truck drivers receive a lot of\ntraining on safety systems and new\ntechnology<\/a> updates. Many fleets have adjusted their safety system training\nto focus not on what these systems can do, but instead what they cannot do.\nWhile safety systems come with manuals outlining what they are capable of, too\nfew operators read these manuals. It is incumbent on the fleet to ensure their\ntruck drivers are up-to-speed on the systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is critical that motor carriers ensure their truck\ndrivers can distinguish the difference between a driver assist program and a\nsafety warning system. There is no technology available today that releases the\ntruck driver from having to perform critical truck driving tasks. They must\nensure they are paying close attention to what is happening on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A New Rating System<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result of their findings, IIHS has begun the process of\ndeveloping a ratings program that will provide better information and guidance\nregarding adaptive cruise control, lane-warning, collision mitigation, and\nother adaptive driver assistance systems. IIHS already has a ratings program in\nplace for evaluating safety technologies and will wrap those ratings in with\nthe new regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the program has not been officially unveiled yet, and\nis still under development, IIHS has begun talking about its potential release.\nThough no target date is announced, IIHS has already been testing the system\nusing on-road and track tests. The \u201cReality Check\u201d tests were merely an\noutgrowth of the new ratings system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With many of the safety technologies being tested still in\ntheir infancy, the research being done on the new IIHS ratings are focused on\nLevel 2 autonomy. Using the still unproven Level 1 technologies, IIHS was able\nto better refine the ratings system to address technologies still under\ndevelopment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically focusing on adaptive cruise control systems,\nIIHS used four different tracks to determine how vehicles stopped and exited\nlanes, depending on the systems in place. They also evaluated how well the\nsystems caused acceleration and braking. IIHS did point out that the potential\nsafety benefits of these systems are promising, yet they are not without\nlimitations. Many of the systems were not able to adequately handle speed\ncontrol in every traffic situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truck Drivers are Key<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While all these technologies are meant to reduce the\nlikelihood of a collision while the operator is driving the vehicle, much of\nthe technologies that these companies offer focus specifically on what can be\ndone to reduce accidence before and after a truck driver hops into the cab and\nhits the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fleet managers should analyze how advanced safety systems\ncan be used within the fleet and ensure they get buy-in from their truck\ndrivers. Training programs must also be put into place. We recently reported on\nusing data to increase safety. Fleet managers should be using data to assess\nmeasures such as speeding, braking, lane departures and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact is these safety systems are only as good as the\noperators who are working with them. Motor carriers must make sure their truck\ndrivers are viewing these systems as tools rather than supplements. Even as\nthey are tested to ensure efficacy, many fleets are still using them. With so\nmuch at stake, can a transportation provider afford to ignore the implications\nthese technologies provide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driver assist and semi-autonomous technologies will require\nmassive amounts of data and truck driver inputs to be truly effective. When\nthey are ready for prime time, however, they carry with them the promise of\nsafer driving experiences and more productive fleets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Benefits are Real<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evidence surrounding the benefit of safety systems such\nas active lane-keeping and adaptive cruise control offers real potential to\nprevent crashes and road fatalities. Research provided by the institute shows\nthat preventing lane-departure crashes alone could have the potential to save\nalmost 8,000 lives per year. Lane-departure warning systems in heavy duty\ncommercial motor vehicles are associated with an 11% reduction in crash\nseverity and over 20% reduction in injury rates involving such crashes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Automatic braking systems have been shown to reduce rear-end\ncrashes by as much as 40%. Forward-collision warning systems have been shown to\nreduce rear-end crashes by 23%. By continually testing and advancing these\nsystems, vehicle accident rates could drop over the years. Indeed, these are\nnot small numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considering U.S. vehicle fatalities have been on the rise for the past two years, many are openly wondering what it will take to cause that number to drop. Many of the factors linked to the rise in on-road fatalities and crashes can be directly tied to distracted driving and the number of miles driven on an annual basis.
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In-vehicle technologies, such as advanced driver assistance\nsystems (ADAS) will play a big role in keeping our nation\u2019s roads safer for\nboth truck drivers and passenger car drivers. With these systems becoming\nincreasingly commonplace, research and rating systems provided by IIHS will be\ncritical to ensuring safe travels on the nation\u2019s roads and highways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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