I've now gotten to experience the new Iteris system for myself. I do understand the usefulness of this system but I do have my doubts about it. I can see in a daycab where it would be a minor annoyance to some much like wearing a seatbelt but could possibly stop an accident. Driving team in a sleeper cab it's more than an annoyance to the driver. It's tough enough to attempt to get adequate rest in a moving truck but add this to trying to sleep and it becomes impossible when the system goes off as it is loud. Possibly a volume control or better placement of the speakers in a sleeper cab might have been an improvement. The system is very sensitive and just getting near a line causes it to go off. Pushing the cancel button while driving thru construction or when a wide load is passing seems to be more dangerous than if their was no system. There are also many stray lines on roads from previous construction that set it off also. I hear a lot of talk of drivers doing everything they can to shut it off and I'm guessing many are breaking things in these attempts.
Before installing a system like this I would think making hands free headsets for cell phone users mandatory would have been a better first step.
Before installing a system like this I would think making hands free headsets for cell phone users mandatory would have been a better first step.
