Are these the Best Brakes in the World?

Over the past decade or so, automobile manufacturers have really began to incorporate some amazing technology into their vehicles. Perhaps no invention has had, nor will have, such an impact as collision alert systems, especially those that incorporate emergency braking. These systems has undoubtedly saved countless lives and millions of dollars in damage from accidents that simply didn’t happen.

Collision warning technology is beginning to make its way to the world of semi trucks, which should mean even more lives will be saved. The system works surprisingly well as you can see in the footage below, especially given the weight of a loaded big rig. The footage is of system testing, so it will still need some tweaking, but to see such a massive machine stop so quickly without hitting the cars in the way is very promising for the trucking industry, which faces massive insurance premiums and a bad reputation despite being a factor if a proportionately small number of accidents.