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MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway Brake System™

MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway Brake System™

The MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway Brake System™ – designed for heavy vehicles to provide insurance against driver oversight.

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 The MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway Brake System™ provides an active safety solution in the event of a driver neglecting to fully apply the park brake before leaving their vehicle.

It’s easy to forget to apply a park brake; and with the added chaos of deliveries, schedules, unfamiliar locations, darkness, and tiredness, the chance of it happening only increases. A distracted or tired driver at the end of their shift is at the highest risk of being forgetful – leading to mistakes – which can ultimately lead to injury, or even death.

The MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway Brake System™ provides early pre-warnings of potential danger to the driver and any people in the vicinity of the vehicle. If the driver leaves the cabin without fully applying the parking brake, the MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway Brake System™ activates immediately to prevent the vehicle from rolling away – creating a safe environment.

Warnings are provided by both audible and visual alarms, triggered to notify the driver and pedestrians of the potential danger.

The system is not designed to replace a traditional park brake, which remains the responsibility of the driver to secure before exiting, but the MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway Brake System™ provides insurance against driver oversight.

Available for both pneumatic and mechanical park brake type vehicles, the MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway Brake System™ is perfect for commercial vehicles of all kinds.

The MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway Brake System™ – providing a safer work environment.

When the vehicle is at low speed, the park brake is monitored to ensure that it is FULLY applied – a dedicated lever position sensor is installed to test for this condition. With mechanical type park brake systems, the original park brake switch will activate even if the park brake lever has only just been slightly applied, delivering negligible braking effectiveness. Systems that only utilise warnings (audible/visual) to alert the driver leave the vehicle in an unsafe state.

The system monitors if the door is opened while the park brake is not applied, when someone may be exiting the vehicle. If this is detected, the park brake is not automatically applied, but the MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway Brake System™ sounds a warning. If the driver then leaves their seat and exits the vehicle, the MAX-SAFE Anti-Rollaway Brake System™ activates immediately: sounding an external horn with a solid ongoing alarm, turning the LED active on, and continuously sounding the internal buzzer – the park brakes are applied, and the vehicle is prevented from rolling away.

THE SYSTEM INCLUDES THREE TYPES OF WARNINGS:

  • Visual warnings, displayed on an in-cabin LED display or LCD screen.
  • An audible alarm within the vehicle.
  • An external horn or siren to warn people outside the vehicle who could potentially be in harm’s way.

The unit also has a built-in CAN Bus interface, allowing the system to collect relevant information from the vehicle’s CAN or OBD diagnostic system, to help with detecting an unsafe situation.

Benefits:

  • Safety of personnel around the vehicle.
  • Protection of the vehicle and equipment.
  • Insurance against driver oversight.
  • Both visual and audible warnings.
  • Continuous monitoring of multiple conditions.
  • Intelligent logic with self-checking to ensure system integrity.
  • Combine with Reverse Watch (recommended) for additional safety.
  • Part of the MAX-SAFE Safety Eco-System.