An Evaluation of the Performance of the Bendix Wingman Advanced Collision Mitigation System in a 2018 & 2019 International 4300

The Bendix Wingman Advanced – a radar-only collision mitigation system (CMS) available on commercial vehicles – was evaluated in two separate test series to determine its performance in simulated stationary vehicle rear collision scenarios. In the first series of tests, evaluations were conducted in daytime and nighttime conditions at two speed ranges – 35 and 45-50 miles per hour (mph) – to evaluate the performance of the audible and visual forward collision warning (FCW) system in a Bendix Wingman Advanced CMS while approaching a stationary vehicle target (SVT) in a 2018 International 4300. Two years later, a second test series was conducted with a 2019 International 4300 traveling between 15 – 55 mph in low light and nighttime conditions approaching the SVT to evaluate the Bendix Wingman Advanced CMS on the truck. Both test series sought to determine the maximum speed the system would warn prior to the test driver swerving around the SVT. The tests utilized a foam stationary vehicle target built using Euro NCAP specifications as a guide. Testing measured the time to collision (TTC) values utilizing VBOX data acquisition equipment as well as an “analog” system utilizing synced cameras and a reference line painted on the test track. The TTC at the left evasive steering maneuver by the test driver to avoid the stationary vehicle target was typically between 1.0 – 1.5 seconds. The results of the two series of tests provide valuable information about the performance of the Bendix Wingman Advanced CMS approaching stationary vehicles in rear collision scenarios.