Small and Medium Vans Set to Benefit from Driver-Alert Technology
1st August 2017
Mobileye says it is rolling out its automated driver alerting technology to logistics fleets across the UK after trials “showed how the automated driver alerts can reduce collisions and cut ‘at fault’ accidents”.
The technology provides automated aural and visual warnings to drivers in real time if they’re at risk of a collision with another vehicle, pedestrian or cyclist. Unlike other safety systems, Mobileye alerts a driver before an incident, enabling them to take avoiding action. The technology works on ‘last mile’ delivery vans as well as larger vehicles moving between hubs.
One UK fleet that had an average of one ‘at fault’ collision per month in the previous 18 months reduced their collision rate to zero during a three month trial of Mobileye’s technology.
The system can be installed on small and medium sized vans in just a few hours and for as little as £600 per vehicle. As well as warning against imminent collisions, Mobileye detects unintended lane departure, speeding and driving an unsafe distance from the vehicle in front. Mobileye’s built-in software continually analyses images from its cameras, processing tens of billions of operations every second.
Gil Ayalon, Mobileye’s Regional Director for Europe said: “Mobileye is the brains behind semi-autonomous and driver assistance capabilities for the majority of new vehicles coming off the automotive industry’s production lines. But our driver alerting technology can be installed on any small or large logistics vehicle currently on the road today, bringing the same safety benefits for a fraction of the cost of renewing the vehicle.”