SBS buses get advanced driver assistance systems

SBS Transit's bus drivers will soon get an extra set of special eyes to help them look out for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists on the roads, reported The Straits Times. 

This assistance comes in the form of an intelligent camera sensor, called Mobileye, which will be mounted at the front of the bus and alert drivers through a dashboard display unit when they are too close to the vehicle in front, and if a pedestrian or cyclist comes into their path. The Mobileye system is also able to detect lane markings, and will alert drivers when they stray out of their lanes without using their turn signals. Warnings are given to the driver in the form of visual and audio alerts through a small dashboard unit.

SBS, the country's biggest bus operator, plans to install the Israeli-designed Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) on more than 3,000 buses by the end of 2018. 

Last month, the company awarded a $1.3 million contract to local distributor Chuan-Fa Auto to install the ADAS system on a first batch of 750 buses by the end of this year. SBS is believed to be the first operator in Singapore to have an ADAS installed across its entire fleet.