Mack Protect safety system to debut on Pioneer

This summer when Mack Trucks debuts its new on-highway flagship, the Mack Pioneer, the OEM will also launch a new proprietary safety and collision mitigation system: Mack Protect.

The in-house solution engineered specifically for Mack trucks will replace Bendix Fusion as the standard safety system.

“With Mack Protect, we're not just introducing new safety features—we’re fundamentally changing our approach to active safety technology,” said Jonathan Randall, president of Mack Trucks North America. “By developing our own proprietary system, we’ve created a seamlessly integrated safety experience that’s optimized specifically for our vehicles and our customers’ needs.”

Mack Protect comes in three packages:

• Mack Protect (Standard) includes forward protection technologies such as forward collision warning, adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, traffic stop and go, forward pedestrian detection, road sign recognition, and frontal airbags.
• Mack Protect Pro adds side protection features such as side curtain airbags, lane change and blind spot support on both the driver and passenger sides, and side pedestrian detection.
• Mack Protect Premier is the most advanced package and adds active steering capabilities with lane-keeping assist to the Pro package.

“Rather than overwhelming customers with complex option lists, we've created intuitive packages that make it easy to select the right level of protection for their specific applications,” said Blake Routh, senior highway product manager at Mack Trucks.

Advanced New Features

Finally, the system includes new safety technologies such as Driver Awareness Support with heads-up display capabilities, driver- and passenger-side radar detection systems, forward and side pedestrian detection with automatic warnings, and active steering assistance with lane-keeping.

“Our system is designed not just to respond to emergency situations, but to help prevent them from occurring in the first place by extending the driver's awareness of their surroundings,” explained Scott Sokach, senior safety product manager at Mack Trucks.