AfMA Fleetdrive Issue 16 | Page 13

DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS FLEETDRIVE ALL-NEW SAFETY FIELD DAY – SANDOWN RACECOURSE ACTIVE SAFETY DEMONSTRATION – ADVANCED DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEMS The safety field day is opened to paid delegates and special guests of AfMA. The day will incorporate active safety demonstrations and provide an opportunity to drive and experience a range of electric vehicles (passenger and commercial). The field day activities are designed to demonstrate the effects of weight on vehicles. Participants will be able to feel the difference between an unladen, fully laden and fully laden with a GVM upgrade equipment. These sessions will include light commercial, van and station wagon vehicles. Automotive safety technology is pretty easy to wrap your head around, but advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are a little harder to pin down. Come and see up close how a variety of systems actually work, including: Cohort groups will rotate through the active safety demonstrations in the morning or afternoon and experience electric vehicles in the other half of the day if they choose. Spaces are limited and delegates will be contacted in the weeks prior to the conference in order to book their participation in the active safety demonstrations and or the electric vehicles. • blind spot monitoring • adaptive cruise control • following distance warning • lane keep assist • lane departure warning • self-parking • adaptive headlights • fatigue warning TEST DRIVES – EVS, HYBRIDS & COMMERCIAL EVS ACTIVE SAFETY DEMONSTRATION – IMPACT OF WEIGHT A variety of active safety demonstrations will be carried out to show how the weight of a vehicle can dramatically affect its handling dynamics, braking distance and overall performance. Covered demonstrations will include: • Emergency Braking • Slalom / Stability • Dynamic Lane Change • Cornering Force This is a unique opportunity to view and test drive a suite of electric and plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles from a range of manufacturers including BMW, Hyundai, Jaguar, KIA, Mitsubishi, Mercedes, Nissan, Renault, Tesla and Toyota. In this session you also get an opportunity to drive and experience a range of commercial EV’s from a small commuter bus, Pantech and garbage truck. It may even be possible to experience a tipper. ISSUE 16 2019 / WWW.AFMA.NET.AU 13