Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems WINGMAN ADVANCED OPERATORS MANUAL - Manual (Page 11)

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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 ® Advanced ™
system did not need to use the foundation brakes, the system will
automatically accelerate back to the original cruise control set speed,
and again maintain a set following distance behind any vehicles
ahead of you.
Because the Wingman Advanced 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 Advanced system.
Part Two: Alerts
Bendix Wingman Advanced also assists by giving audible and visual alerts,
whether or not cruise control is on. See Pages 19-20 for more information
on the three types of alerts you may hear and/or see displayed.
Part Three: Collision Mitigation Technology
See the STRIPED area in the diagram on page 10. Wingman Advanced’s
collision mitigation technology is designed to be ready to react to the
presence of moving vehicles in front of your vehicle (whether or not cruise
control is set). Collision mitigation interventions can be up to two-thirds
of the vehicle’s braking capacity. The system provides the driver with
an alert before an intervention occurs.
You must immediately act to
potentially avoid, or lessen the severity of, a collision.