As well as in other cars, manufacturers of modern trucks as much as possible take care of the safety of both the truck driver and the passenger, and the pedestrian and other participants of movement.
With which ways reaches the maximal protection of people's life?
1.Seat belts. All trucks should be equipped by them. Moreover, by children' transportation the driver is obliged to use special retentive devices. In the case if crush the risk of reception of injury from a steering wheel or dashboard decreases.
2.The truck cab is designed, and materials selected on the bases of in the case of accident will be necessary to resist of influence of heavy forces and therefore the special carcass of safety around of the driver and the passenger is projected. The truck cab is done such in the case of possible accident the steering wheel or steering column might reduce a part of energy from beat and leave the maximal space for a survival of the person seized in a cab. Materials also are selected specifically for in the case of accident they could minimally wound the driver or the passenger.
3.Airbag. If in the truck the airbag provided, the risk of craniocerebral injury decreases many times. The airbag is nested in a steering wheel. However you mustn't forget the airbag is effective only if you will use the seat belts also. Otherwise, it also may inflict deep wounds.
4.The automatic system of firefighting utters an alarm signal at the occurrence of a smoke or fire in the truck cab. It is convenient that works from separate batteries and does not depend on the general accumulator of the truck. It is inconvenient that it should be switched off, for example, to smoke in the cab.
5.The system against the driver's sleep is the special device, which utters sound signals through a loudspeaker through different intervals of time that allows to keep driver's attention and does not allow to fall asleep at the wheel.
6.Forward and back underrun bars are a passive safety. Bars serve the vehicle could not fall through the truck as these accidents offer the greatest threat for a life of the people who are in the vehicle.
7.Adaptive cruise-control. Special cameras are settled in the truck cab, which estimate a distance up to an obstacle. Speed of the truck concerning the vehicle moving ahead of it is controlled by reduction of fuel delivery and using a brake. Also the driver can employ a brake himself if the system will not manage and will inform on it with a sound signal.
8.The monitoring system of movement in the chosen line - submits a sound alarm signal if the driver crosses a lane identification, not having turned the direction indicator that is traced by the special cameras which are settled on the truck.
9.ESP (Electronic Stability Control). As on cars, these systems began to set on trucks. It helps the driver, first of all, during turns on the fast speed, emergency braking and avoiding of collisions. It can prevent skidding, in particular on damp and slippery road, allows to reach more precise in comparison with traditional brake systems of interaction of brakes of the truck tractor and the trailer, to reduce a braking distance, to raise course-keeping ability and traction with a pavement of tires of all combination.
So, as much as possible combining these systems of safety in the truck, you may reach good results in the case of an unforeseen situation.
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