BENDIX BW2873 User Manual

Every 11/2 minutes, a heavy truck or bus crashes somewhere in the U.S.

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Driving safer doesn’t happen by accident.

Today’s roadways are increasingly busy, and the need has never been greater – especially in today’s CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) environment – for solutions to help commercial vehicle drivers respond to the situations they encounter every day. Bendix is leading the way to improved highway safety with an ever-growing portfolio of road-tested, advanced commercial vehicle technologies that are affordable and effective. From shorter, straighter stops, to safety data, to systems that help drivers mitigate a variety of crashes and more, our solutions are driving in a new era of safety.

Active safety

Supportive safety

technologies

Technologies designed to proactively alert the driver and, if needed, intervene to help drivers mitigate crash situations.

Bendix® ESP® Full-Stability Technology

 Tractor-/truck-based stability technology that helps

drivers mitigate both rollover and loss-of-control situations on dry, wet, snow- and ice-covered roadways.

 Proactive system that monitors driver intent, vehicle

direction, and lateral acceleration to help slow and/or redirect the vehicle by reducing the throttle and applying the brakes on the steer, drive, and trailer axles.

Bendix® Wingman® Advanced™ – A Collision Mitigation Technology

 Using a radar sensor mounted on the front of the vehicle, Bendix® Wingman® Advanced™ combines

adaptive cruise with braking and collision mitigation braking to help drivers mitigate rear-end collisions with warnings and active brake interventions.

 Provides always-available driver alerts:

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Stationary Object Alerts – audible and visual alerts that provide the driver up to a 3-second alert

when a metallic object(s) may be blocking their lane of travel.

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Following Distance Alerts – audible and visual alerts which let the driver know when they’re getting

too close to the vehicle ahead in their lane.

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Impact Alerts – audible and visual alerts warning the driver that a collision with the forward vehicle

is likely and that they should address the situation immediately.

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loss-of-control situations.

Note: Bendix also provides other technologies designed to help drivers mitigate collision situations:

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ESP® full-stability technology for additional support in avoiding rollovers and

Wingman® ACB – Active Cruise with Braking and Bendix™ VORAD® SmartCruise® technologies.

technologies

Includes technologies designed to help drivers mitigate crash situations through proactive alerts.

Bendix™ BlindSpotter® Blind Spot Detection

 Side radar designed to provide drivers visual and audible (when turn signal is engaged)

alerts prior to a lane change regarding vehicles or objects in the adjacent lane blind spot.

AutoVue® Lane Departure Warning System

 Camera technology that detects when a commercial vehicle begins to drift towards

an unintended lane change and alerts the driver.

SafetyDirect

 Analyzes real-time driver performance data captured by AutoVue® lane departure warning and

other onboard safety systems, such as stability and collision mitigation systems.

 Displays 10 second video of a severe event.  Helps focus driver training efforts and assists ﬂeet safety managers to strengthen safety initiative

management through video capture and event data for severe events.

SmarTire® Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) by Bendix CVS

 Keeping tires in good shape helps improve fuel economy, reduce tire wear (and subsequent

costs), and can help provide a safety beneﬁt.

 System delivers accurate tire pressure and temperature readings to the driver.  Warns drivers when air pressure in tire gets too low or temperature gets too high.  Trailer system auto-detects with the tractor.

Bendix® TABS-6™ Advanced and TABS-6™ Advanced MC – Trailer Roll-Stability Technologies

 Trailer-based roll-stability solutions to help drivers mitigate rollover situations.  Similar to typical trailer ABS systems, TABS-6™ Advanced is the world’s ﬁrst, single-channel trailer

ABS (antilock braking system) and roll-stability system that is easy-to-install, easy-to-maintain.

 TABS-6™ Advanced MC is a multichannel ABS and trailer roll-stability system designed for use

on trailers and dollies – where more wheel speed sensing and modulating capability is needed, such as tanker trailer, ﬂatbed or specialty tank applications.

Bendix active and supportive safety technologies do not replace the need for safe drivers. No commercial vehicle safety technology replaces the most important safety components of all – a skilled, alert professional driver exercising safe driving habits, as well as continuous, comprehensive driver training.

Bendix® Air Disc Brakes

 Deliver more power and performance

than traditional drum brakes.

 Designed for lower maintenance and

higher durability over time and, in some conﬁgurations, provide weight savings over new reduced stopping distance drum brakes.

Bendix® ES™ (Extended Service) Wide Drum Brakes

 Cooler running brakes that deliver longer lining life,

along with additional stopping power over traditional drum brakes.

New reduced stopping distance regulations now mean tractors must stop in 30 percent less distance than before. Bendix® Reduced Stopping Distance wheel-end solutions are designed to meet and exceed the recently implemented requirements.