This is recognition of MAN Nutzfahrzeuge’s commitment to greater safety in road traffic, as evidenced by the development of the so-called turn-off assistant.
Officially known as Proximity Alert System, this ”assistant“ warns truck drivers during turn-off maneuvers at road junctions if pedestrians or cyclists are moving into the danger zone. According to recent accident statistics some 95 per cent of collisions between trucks and pedestrians or cyclists as the truck turn off happen in the immediate vicinity of the truck cab and the front nearside area. This is precisely the area that is monitored by the MAN Proximity Alert System, which warns the truck driver if a pedestrian or cyclist is heading for a collision.
