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Autocar to Produce Six New Advanced Safety Features for Refuse Driver Safety

Autocar commits to producing a tool that not only protects your greatest asset, your drivers, but also enables them to do the rough work the work truck industry requires with safety, comfort, and efficiency.

With this in mind, Autocar announces that its ACX severe-duty cabover vehicles will be even safer with the addition of six new advanced safety features:

Electronic Stability Control System (ESC)
Actively intervenes when the vehicle understeers or oversteers in order to maintain vehicle stability

Rollover Stability Control System (RSC)
Actively intervenes when the vehicle is at risk of a driver-induced, rollover event

Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS)
Vehicle detects impending collision and actively engages emergency brakes

Forward Collision Warning (FCW)
Driver visibly and audibly warned of impending collision

Stationary Lane Departure Warning (SLDW)
Steady light located on the A-pillar illuminates with audible warning

Blind Spot Detection (BSD)
Flashing light located on the A-pillar warns the driver of a vehicle in his blind spot
These new advanced safety features are added to a truck that already has:

  • Best in class visibility
  • Up and down, in and out—best ingress and egress for refuse
  • HVAC-focused insulation, testing, specific hot and cold zone options
  • Reduced duplicity of monitoring and controls, which minimizes confusion and clutter
  • Tighter wheel cut and turning radius, means less time in reverse
  • Optimized leg, head, and torso room for driver satisfaction and retention
  • Weight distribution, suspension loading for maximum driver comfort
  • Drivers safely enclosed in all steel cab, with automotive-style tooling with rugged fabrication

What you end up with is a route vehicle that is second-to-none when it comes to protecting your drivers, your customers, your community, and your company.

Find out more, visit www.autocartruck.com.

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