Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems ABS OPERATORS MANUAL - Manual (Page 8)

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I MPORTANT S AFETY I NFORMATION A BOUT T HE B ENDIX ®
RSP ® R OLL S TABILITY S YSTEM
RSP May Reduce Your Speed Automatically
The RSP system can make your vehicle decelerate automatically. RSP can
slow the vehicle with or without you applying the brake, and even when
you are applying the throttle.
To minimize unexpected deceleration and reduce the risk of a collision:
• Avoid aggressive driving maneuvers, such as sharp turns or abrupt lane
changes at high speeds, which might trigger the stability system.
• Always operate your vehicle safely, drive defensively, anticipate obstacles and
pay attention to road, weather and traffic conditions. ABS, ATC and RSP
stability systems are no substitute for prudent, careful driving.
Towing Doubles Or Triples May Greatly Reduce The Effectiveness
Of The Stability System
The RSP system is designed and optimized for trucks and for tractors that tow
single trailers. If a tractor equipped with the RSP system is used to power
multiple trailer combinations (known as “doubles” or “triples”) the
effectiveness of the RSP system may be greatly reduced or eliminated.
Extremely careful driving is always required when towing doubles or triples.
Avoid excessive speed and aggressive maneuvers, such as sharp turns, sudden
steering inputs or abrupt lane changes.
Limitations Of The Roll Stability System
Your RSP roll stability system’s effectiveness may be greatly reduced if:
• Your load shifts due to improper retention, accident damage or the inherently
mobile nature of some loads (for example, hanging meat, live animals or
partially laden tankers),
• Your vehicle or load has an unusually high or off-set center of gravity (CG),
• One side of your vehicle drops off the pavement at an angle that is too great
to be counteracted by a reduction in speed, or
• Your vehicle is used to haul double or triple trailer combinations.