# New big rig safety tech could save your life

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/new-big-rig-safety-tech-could-save-your-life/
- Published: 2026-11-09T15:48:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T17:06:45+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/new-big-rig-safety-tech-could-save-your-life
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Daimler is expanding automatic braking features in Freightliner trucks.
- Active Brake Assist 6 uses five radar sensors and a camera.
- Oregon tests showed braking could reduce the impact of a collision.

## Summary

Daimler Truck is adding collision detection and automatic braking technology to Freightliner trucks, aiming to reduce the severity of crashes involving cars, pedestrians and cyclists. Tests at the company’s Oregon facility showed the system could sometimes avoid a collision and, in another demonstration, slowed a truck enough to lessen the impact.

The system, called Active Brake Assist 6, combines five radar sensors with a camera to provide about 270 degrees of coverage, including areas beside a standard 53-foot trailer. Daimler said the test truck carried around 30,000 pounds and the demonstrations generally ran at 40 to 55 mph. The article describes the technology as part of a wider set of driver assistance features designed to detect hazards and warn the driver or apply the brakes.

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