Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems WINGMAN ACB - Manual (Page 12)

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Once cruise control is set and the system is maintaining a set following
distance between you and the vehicle in front:
• If the vehicle in front of you slows down below your cruise control’s
set speed, the system will intervene, as necessary, in this order:
(a) reduce the engine throttle; then
(b) apply the engine retarder; then
(c) apply the foundation brakes,
in an attempt to maintain the set following distance
behind the vehicle ahead. NOTE: If, during the
intervention it is necessary to apply the foundation
brakes, the vehicle will not automatically resume the
cruise control set speed.
• If the vehicle ahead slows — below your cruise control’s set
speed — but then accelerates away, and the Bendix ® Wingman ®
ACB system did not need to use the foundation brakes, the system
will automatically accelerate back to the original cruise control set
speed. It will again maintain a set following distance behind any
vehicles that are ahead of you.
Because the Wingman ACB system operates along with normal cruise
control, all the typical features built into cruise control work as usual. For
example, limits imposed by factory-set road speed governors, etc. are
fully supported by the Wingman ACB system.
Part Two: Alerts
Bendix Wingman ACB also assists by giving audible and visual alerts,
whether or not cruise control is on. See Pages 20-21 for more information
on the three types of alerts you may hear and/or see displayed.