During his speech, Morrison emphasized the potential return on investment for operators leveraging four main areas of innovation: improving driver and highway safety; increasing vehicle uptime; avoiding accidents and increasing fleet efficiency,.
Morrison also confirmed that Meritor WABCO’s SmarTrac Electronic Stability Control (ESC) technology ensures that truck tractors and motorcoaches can meet the stringent standard for ESC systems as recently proposed by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). According to Meritor WABCO, the use of ESC technology could help drivers avoid up to 56 percent of rollover crashes each year — the deadliest among all crash types, according to NHTSA research.
Morrison added that integrated safety systems offer several advantages, including reduced vehicle downtime, risk reduction and assistance for less experienced drivers.
“At Meritor WABCO, we are on the leading edge of safety technology that helps to reduce accidents and potentially save lives, as operators strongly benefit from additional returns on investment in innovation, such as saving money through risk reduction,” Morrison says. “ESC and OnGuard Plus further demonstrate why Meritor WABCO leads the industry in the number of breakthrough technologies in North America, resulting in stronger safety and smarter efficiency for commercial vehicles.”
