ROADSIGNS EPISODE 72

HOW IS BRAKE TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION CHANGING FLEETS' APPROACH TO MAINTENANCE?

Did you ever wonder how they get big rigs to stop? All that weight transferred efficiently and effectively - defying Newton’s rules of inertia. Big rig braking is an engineering marvel whose greatest successes are… silent (because, well, everything stops). In this episode, RoadSigns host Michael Freeze finds out more about the advanced technology that halts eighteen wheelers, no matter the weight, instantaneously. Whether you are a fleet manager, a trucking tech geek, or into cool engineering — this episode is for you. Tune in.

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Richard Beyer

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Richard is Vice President, Technical Sales and Vehicle Systems at Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC. Bendix, a member of the Munich, Germany-based Knorr-Bremse Group, provides steering, braking, HAD (Highly Automated Driving)/ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), and eMobility systems to the commercial trucking industry. His responsibilities include strategic direction definition for Bendix R&D efforts regionally for North America and assisting in the coordination of Knorr-Bremse global R&D efforts.

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