AEB on Trucks

[blueST]

Any drivers of new HGVs? Can anyone confirm, is autonomous emergency braking mandatory on all new HGVs? I thought it was, but I was in a new-ish tractor unit recently and appeared not to have it (I'm not a driver).

[chilistrucker]

I had a bit of a nose online but couldn't find a definitive answer.

I'm in a 68 plate Merc unit at work and this has it, as do the 67 plate Dafs we have. We also have a selection of other trucks going back to 11 plates, they don't

I'm interested to know now, so if I remember next week I'll pop in the workshop and see if I can find out for sure.

In both the Dafs and Mercs I mentioned that are fitted with the system it is a great idea, it is worth mentioning though that in both of these I have had the system momentarily kick in for no apparent reason. This apparently is a 'thing' and is only split second, but bloody hell does it give you a shock

[Nickyboy]

It's been mandatory on trucks over 7.5t since 2015. There exemptions however, those with steel suspension as apose to air and 4 axle trucks are exempt as it apparently affect it's performance.

[chilistrucker]

Nickyboy said:

It's been mandatory on trucks over 7.5t since 2015. There exemptions however, those with steel suspension as apose to air and 4 axle trucks are exempt as it apparently affect it's performance.

Nicky, do you have a link?

I can understand the steel over air thing, but how does the 4 axle thing work, (as in definition?)

4 axle trucks? On a unit this would only be for STGO stuff I guess, and on a rigid setup 3 axles would normally be the max, although 4 is def becoming more normal of late.

4 axles I fully understand if on a artic/drawbar setup, if combined.

Then there is the whole unit/trailer compatible thing....

[Nickyboy]

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/road-safety/aut...

There's not an awful lot of info available about it

[GC8]

How does this work in a job where almost touching every side is a part of the job?

[martin mrt]

We have two brand new (they were 6 months ago) Volvo FH750 8x4 170t GVW and they don’t have it, however my 2016 DAF XF 8x4 FTM 150t GVW does

Volvo is on air, DAF is on steel

I hate it to be honest, it picks up things when we are in places on a road we wouldn’t usually be with a normal load and has interfered whilst doing so. Even taking a wider swing than usual with an extender on can upset mine. As a result I usually switch it off

[GC8]

I turned down a brand new Arocs demo because the job is hard enough without having the vehicle interfere. The cameras for mirrors might be good, but I suspect that they will struggle in poor light and particularly with white balance, making them dangerous.

[blank]

https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/main/wp2...

Is the regulation that gives the dates, exemptions etc.


It's going to be mandatory on cars in a couple of years too.

[Peanut130]

i drive daf cf and the truck can pick up vehicles going over bridges on the motorway and auto puts the brakes on hard