I visited ZF for a video report. I watched the technology experts' Global Press Event and came - almost incidentally - completely flashed home. A trip in a 70 ton crane, with trucks and buses - you don't experience that every day.
It was a tragic accident. A few weeks ago on the A6, a truck at a traffic jam end hit the vehicle of a family. Three children and the young mother died instantly, the father was trapped behind the wheel. It is - I am the father of a little daughter myself - a stroke of fate in which words are at a loss. These situations are increasing. Traffic is increasing and there is no other way of transporting goods on motorways. The danger remains. But as with all dangers, there are people who think about how to protect yourself. Look for solutions. If you look at the automotive industry, it is the suppliers who have made everyday life on the streets safer and minimized the risk of accidents with inventions such as ABS, airbags and ESP.
It is already an EU regulation that no new trucks can be registered that do not have ABS and ESP. The automotive supplier ZF has another solution in its portfolio for the future. About this “avoidance assistant” and many other “important topics”, more in the video!