Rollover Warning Could Help Drivers Keep the Rig Level
The tilt begins with a wheel lifting from the road’s surface. If the truck driver knew the moment the wheel broke contact with the pavement, perhaps he could make adjustments to prevent the whole rig from tipping on its side.
Raytheon Co., Volvo Truck North America, U.S. Xpress and Wabash National Corp. have joined the research center and the Federal Highway Administration to develop a device to alert drivers of an impending rollover in time for them to avoid it.
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t least that is the idea behind a joint project to put an end to the potentially lethal problem of truck rollovers.
“Drivers tell me there is no sensation when a truck wheel comes off the ground. There is a thump when the wheel comes back down. That’s how you know,” said Scott Stevens, a researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a government facility in Tennessee that is leading the effort.
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