Axle weighing firm Axtec has added an optional side camera to its OnBoard load indicator, with the aim of improving safety for cyclists and pedestrians.
Axtec OnBoard is primarily a system for preventing axle or gross overloading and it displays load status information on a TFT monitor, capable of accepting camera outputs. inside the cab.
Already available for use with a rear view camera – activated when the driver selects reverse gear – operators now have the option of including a nearside camera, which is automatically activated by the left turn indicator.
Once reverse has been de-selected, or the nearside indicator cancelled, the image on the TFT screen reverts to the vehicle axle and overall weight state.
Axtec makes the point that combining both the axle weighing and reverse and side camera functions into one unit reduces the number of screens in already overcrowded cabs.
