VSP News: Kolman's Korner, Episode 112 - Vehicle Safety Technologies

Aug. 11, 2016
Doug Whitfield – director of marketing for Preco Electronics – discusses how technological advances with onboard systems are helping to make heavy duty vehicles safer, both on- and off-road.

Technological advances with onboard systems are helping to make heavy duty vehicles safer – both on- and off-road. So says Doug Whitfield, director of marketing for Preco Electronic – a global leader in heavy duty vehicle collision mitigation.

A recent development with onboard safety systems is sensor fusion. That is the combining of data derived from different sources.

Whitfield says onboard vehicle safety systems for heavy duty vehicles are tough and require little maintenance.

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