Brake Set Alert
Anti-Rollaway Protection for Waste Fleets
Brake Set Alert is designed to help reduce rollaway risk in waste collection operations by supporting proper parking brake engagement during repetitive stop-and-go routes.
Built specifically for vocational fleets with frequent operator exits, Brake Set Alert helps improve operator awareness and support safer collection workflows.
SYSTEM FEATURES
- The system aims to ensure the air parking brake is applied before the operator exits the vehicle
- An advanced system utilizing an electronic control unit, user interface and sensors to improve the safety of a vehicle equipped with air brakes
- Ability to integrate with a dash camera
- Successfully installed in over 1,000 vehicles
- Ability to customize the product to work within your fleet and with additional United Safety products
- United Safety’s field service team can assist easily with installation
- United Safety’s customer service team is available to assist with any issues that may arise
- Designated support site created with manuals, FAQs and troubleshooting
Ideal Applications
- Waste trucks
- Refuse fleets
- Vocational vehicles
- High-frequency stop-and-go operations
Key Benefits
- Helps reduce rollaway risk
- Supports safer collection operations
- Improves operator awareness
- Designed for repetitive stop-and-go workflows
- Configurable for vocational fleet applications
UNITED SAFETY BRAKE SET ALERT SYSTEM DETAILS
- Always on and cannot be disabled by switched ignition or battery disconnect.
- Monitors the driver door, vehicle speed, and parking brake control valve position to detect and prevent vehicle rollaway.
- Aims to deploy the air parking brakes if the driver exits the vehicle without first setting the air parking brake. Driver occupancy is detected by monitoring the driver’s door.
- Disabled when vehicle speed is greater than approximately 7 miles per hour.
- When activated, the driver must release and reengage the air parking brake with the door closed to reset the system.
- Triggers the vehicle dash camera whenever the door is opened, and the park brake is released.
- Alerts the driver of system status via LED indicator and Alarm Buzzer status.
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