A reversing safety system for a vehicle 30 and a method of safely reversing a vehicle. The safety system comprising a receiver 60 and a portable unit 100. The receiver is arranged to be fitted to a vehicle, the portable unit includes a transmitter, the transmitter adapted to transmit a transmitted signal. The portable unit is to be held by a banksman 90, who, when a reversing manoeuvre is necessary, exits the vehicle and stands in a target area (see dashed lines 86), and wherein the receiver is configured to sense when the portable unit is in a target area relative to the receiver. The receiver may comprise a restrictor guide (66, see fig 2) to limit the sensing target area. The safety system may comprise a safety control unit and may be arranged to receive a signal and operate or disable an alarm or the vehicles brakes.
REVERSING SAFETY SYSTEM
UMKEHRSICHERHEITSSYSTEM
SYSTÈME DE SÉCURITÉ DE RETOURNEMENT
2019-07-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Reversing safety auxiliary method, reversing safety auxiliary device and automobile
European Patent Office | 2015
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