ADAS features become increasingly common on school buses.
Written By Kari Lydersen
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n personal vehicles, many drivers take it for granted that advanced driver- assistance systems (ADAS) warn about nearby or fast-approaching vehicles or indicate it’s time to get a cup of coffee, after detecting attention to the road isn’t what it should be. The rollout of ADAS, however, has been much slower in school
buses, in part because integrating the systems with the various technology already on board is a complicated endeavor. But ADAS components are increasingly becoming standard issue on school buses. Especially given that school bus drivers are piloting much larger vehicles and carrying a cargo both precious and distracting, amid the ongoing COVID-19 closures that could introduce rust on behind-the-wheel skills, many transportation directors say the development is welcome. A School Transportation News survey this summer found that many districts
now have buses in their fleets with ADAS features like blind spot detection, automatic emergency braking, electronic stability control (ESC) and collision mitigation systems. Transportation supervisors generally said that they did not necessarily seek out these features, and the technology isn’t typically an after- market add-on. But they expressed satisfaction that these newly purchased buses come equipped with the additional safety measures. IC Bus is widely seen as a leader in implementing ADAS as both standard and
optional equipment. The Navistar company was the first to make both collision mitigation and electronic stability control standard on its vehicles, making the announcement two years ago at STN EXPO Reno, “and [IC Bus] remains as the only OEM to offer collision mitigation as standard and is the only OEM to offer an active collision mitigation system,” commented Justin Cocchiola, the brand’s integrated marketing manager. “It is something we thought about carefully, but at the end of the day we know it is the right thing to do for the industry and our customers,” Cocchiola continued. “Our ability to bring this technology to our customers without breaking their bud- get will bring many returns on investment to all school bus stakeholders.” The Bendix ESP stability control system and Bendix Wingman Advanced ADAS
package are standard on IC Bus buses with air brakes, Cocchiola noted, while Bendix Wingman Fusion is optional on vehicles with air brakes in the Type C application. As STN previously reported, a Bendix active collision mitigation system on an
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