SANTA ANA, Calif. — Iteris Inc., a developer of traffic management technologies, has been named the exclusive distributor of Delphi’s Forward Collision Warning System for North American commercial vehicles. Iteris will utilize its commercial truck OEM and aftermarket sales channels and application engineering expertise to integrate Delphi’s radar-based technology into its product portfolio for heavy truck customers. Iteris will also be authorized to sell Delphi’s Side Alert blind spot warning system in North America.
Delphi’s Forward Collision Warning system is designed to increase driver awareness of tailgating situations and impending collisions in all weather and lighting conditions. The extra seconds of warning provided by the system help provide drivers with additional time needed to take appropriate action to help avoid a crash. In addition, the system’s Headway Alert feature provides long-range sensing to help the driver maintain a safe following distance well beyond the capability of any vision-based system.
Delphi’s Side Alert blind spot detection system helps commercial vehicle drivers that are changing lanes or engaging in other maneuvers to resolve some of the challenges from blind spots that exist to the sides of heavy trucks. The blind spot warning system helps drivers avoid or reduce the severity of side-related accidents resulting from collisions with vehicles and objects in the side blind spot. When a vehicle or object is detected the system visually alerts the driver to help avoid an accident. When the turn signal is activated and a vehicle or object is detected an audible alert is also provided.
Delphi began developing active safety more than 20 years ago and was one of the first suppliers to launch a radar-based adaptive cruise control system in 1999. Using the same radar platform, Delphi has continued to add features and functionality to its system including forward collision warning. Additionally, Delphi’s Side Alert blind spot detection system helps alert drivers of heavy trucks of vehicles in their side blind spots when changing lanes.
With the addition of forward collision and blind spot warning, Iteris now offers a comprehensive suite of active safety driver assistance features that focus on increasing the safe operation of heavy trucks. These features also include the market-leading vision-based Iteris Lane Departure Warning system (LDW) and the Iteris Safety Direct LDW data collection system.
