摘要: |
The technology that enables AEB was first trialled by Cadillac on cars in the United States in the late 1950s but was deemed too expensive to put into production. The forerunner of the modern forward collision avoidance system was demonstrated in 1995. But it was 2006 before the technology was demonstrated on commercial vehicles, the first in Europe being Mercedes-Benz on a 40-tonne Actros. Such was the positive impact of the demonstration that the system was eventually made mandatory on most new vehicles manufactured in the EU. The latest update in performance criteria came in 2018, and it changes the speed differentials between the vehicle in front and the one following. According to AEBS Stage One -introduced in November 2015 - a truck travelling at a speed of 80 kph (50mph) must not collide with a vehicle ahead travelling at 32kph (20mph) or above. AEBS Stage One also requires a vehicle travelling at a speed of 80kph to have a maximum collision speed of 70kph when impacting a stationary obstacle. This legislation applied to new two- and three-axle large CVs with air suspension. |