Protecting Road Users

Renault Trucks Has Improved Protection For Road Users.

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The integration of trucks into the increasingly dense traffic of large urban areas and the development of soft modes of transport is creating a need to pay more attention to safety aspects. Accidents involving trucks and other road users are not uncommon in many parts of the world. An endeavour to continuously improve the safety of city-dwellers has Renault Trucks focusing on drivers and their loads in a bid to improve safety in what is often termed as a rapidly shifting scenario concerning the rising population of vehicles and human beings. Already equipping its vehicles with a variety of safety systems, Renault Trucks has armed its C and K range of trucks with new features. These concern construction trucks especially, and given their proximity to other urban road users. Stressing on designing and developing systems that are simple, competitive and practical, the CV maker has come up with emergency parking brake application (anti-runaway mode), which reduces the risk of unexpected vehicle movement when the driver leaves the cab. Upon sensing that the driver has left the cab, the braking system automatically mobilises itself to avoid the truck from moving away. To improve the direct vision of the truck driver, Renault Trucks has designed and developed a passenger-