TfL has made Progressive Safe Systems mandatory to reduce rising road accidents involving vulnerable road users. Many drivers feel it’s long overdue, as erratic cyclist and pedestrian behaviour adds to driver anxiety—distracted commuters glued to phones, speeding cyclists darting through traffic, inexperienced e-bike riders learning on busy streets, and reckless scooterists weaving between vehicles. These risky habits have led to too many serious injuries and fatalities, prompting TfL’s push for Progressive Safe Systems to make roads safer for everyone.
Because, despite all the politicking, there’ll only ever be one loser in the London chicken run. A truck will always be a truck, and a vulnerable road user will always be vulnerable. And HGV drivers, as erratic humans have their failings too, hence the TfL push to have technology help reduce these often fatal encounters. And so it’s great to report that in the midst of all of this risk and driver stress, the TrafficAngel Progressive Safe System is already proving its worth around town, averting injury and even saving lives!
Jamie Mellish runs four mixers for London Concrete. ‘The TrafficAngel kit was fitted to one of our vehicles in the morning, and that afternoon, as one of my drivers was pulling away, he heard ‘PEDESTRIAN FRONT!’ coming from the display. He immediately braked, looked down, and saw a pedestrian right below him in the blind spot. The fact that this system gives a vocal warning to the driver as opposed to just another beeping sound in the cab makes all the difference to driver reaction. And the AI technology picking up only pedestrians has made it so much quieter in the cab now.’
Progressive Safe Systems in T&M Bowser Solutions
After trialling the TrafficAngel Progressive Safe Systems kit and getting the driver feedback, head of T&M Plant Terry Beasley, with some 250 bowsers working across the UK, has given TrafficAngel the go-ahead to supply the entire fleet. His driver reported how the system had issued him with the same ‘PEDESTRIAN FRONT!’ warning, how he’d braked in time to see a pedestrian walking out from the front blind-spot.
je rekel Terry, »Če lahko ta PSS reši eno življenje, potem je vredno. In ne glede na mandat TfL bomo sistem TrafficAngel vgradili zdaj, ker je dragocen dodatek k varnosti voznega parka.«
Customer Testimonial
James Brownhill heads up Mobile Awareness installing HGV safety equipment across the Midlands. James fits the TrafficAngel PSS and his customers are delighted. Says James, 'Veliko let smo iskali primeren PSS, vendar nismo mogli najti ničesar, kar bi izpolnjevalo vse zahteve TfL in bi bilo tudi preprosto za namestitev. Tudi naša odgovornost je, če tisto, kar ustrezamo, ni skladno. Nato smo preizkusili sistem TrafficAngel in se nismo ozirali nazaj. Ena od naših strank mi je pred kratkim povedala, kako se je v prometu premikal naprej in ves čas slišal "PEŠEC NA PREDNJI STRANI!" vendar nisem videl nikogar. Ko se je še vedno premikal naprej, se je iz sprednjega mrtvega kota nenadoma pojavil majhen voznik skuterja. Voznik ga ni videl, vendar ga je izbrala kamera z umetno inteligenco. Resni ali hujši poškodbi smo se izognili.«
Za skeptiče PSS, ki jih skrbijo dodatni stroški in zdaj nezdružljiv komplet, če naredite domačo nalogo, bo poiščite pravi sistem in gonilnik bo pravzaprav hvala za to! Kot praktičen primer domače naloge PSS sem stopil v stik z dobaviteljem PSS za Facebook in prosil za reference (ker bomo vgradili tudi drug komplet, če ustreza standardu), samo da mi je bilo rečeno, 'Tega ne moremo storiti zaradi GDPR.'
Nezadovoljen s takšnim odgovorom sem poklical prevoznika, ki je bil oglaševan kot "še ena zadovoljna stranka", ki mi je odkrito povedal, da njegov PSS ne deluje, da so monterji v karoserijo izvrtali luknje, ki so prepuščale vodo in povzročale kratek stik v CPE vozila, kako podjetje še vedno se ni vrnil, da bi odpravil težave, zaradi česar je bila oglaševana "zadovoljna stranka" nezadovoljna in močno brez žepa.
Of course, no installation company is perfect, but let the above simple illustration serve as a reminder that you lahko investigate further, and that you actually need to because the PSS market is awash now with the second-rate. Once again, insist on a trial, and absolutely insist on speaking to satisfied customers before you buy. If their kit is good, then customers should be happy to spread the good news.
Za več informacij o PSS in za seznam zadovoljnih strank pokličite TrafficAngel na 01825 768 555 in z veseljem vam bomo pomagali. In prosimo, kontaktirajte nas, če vas zanima namestitev.
