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Collision Avoidance System with Active Braking Available
Meritor WABCO Control Systems introduced OnGuard, a new technology designed to further improve commercial vehicle safety.
OnGuard is a forward-looking, radar-based adaptive cruise control system with active braking for commercial vehicles in North America. Active braking improves vehicle safety by automatically using the vehicle’s foundation brakes to alert the driver and decelerate the vehicle when a pre-set vehicle following distance is compromised.
Automatic foundation brake intervention distinguishes OnGuard from existing passive collision warning systems, which can only alert the driver to a potentially dangerous situation through an alarm and engine braking. With OnGuard, if the pre-determined “safe” distance is compromised, the system will provide visual and audible warning to the driver, vehicle deceleration through engine control, retarder control and noticeable foundation braking.
Foundation brake deceleration can be as great as one-third of a full brake application for the vehicle but within safe limits for the driver to take control.
OnGuard fully integrates with Meritor WABCO’s anti-lock braking and stability control systems.
The systems forward-looking mono-pulse radar sensor is capable of detecting multiple moving and fixed objects at distances up to 500 feet away. It coordinates responses from the engine, transmission and anti-lock braking systems through communications across the SAE J1939 data network.
