20 January 2021
Dealer news
Midlands Truck & Van’s new Birmingham dealership has opened its doors to its first customers, following a £7m development of the Smethwick site.
The new dealership, built on a seven-acre site formerly a steelworks and plastics factory, has increased space for new and used truck displays as well as more parking for customer vehicles.
Managing Director Steve Hunt declared: “This project has underlined our commitment to keeping businesses moving. We’re very proud of our new dealership, which is right up there with the best in the industry. We’ve already received a lot of positive feedback on the amount of room we have here, as well as on our excellent location close to the M5 and M6 motorways,” continued Hunt.
20 January 2021
Product
Brigade Electronics has launched the bbs-TI, an indicator warning alarm that alerts vulnerable road users when a vehicle is turning.
Installed on the nearside of a vehicle, it synchronises Brigade’s white sound audible alarm with the indicator lights.
According to Brigade, its white sound enables vulnerable road users to instantly locate which direction the sound is coming from. It says it is gentler on the ear compared with traditional alarms, and dissipates quickly, meaning it can only be heard in the danger zone.
Emily Hardy, marketing manager at Brigade Electronics, said: “One of the leading causes of collisions between vehicles and other road users is when a vehicle is turning. Much has been developed to improve driver awareness of pedestrians and cyclists in the vehicle’s nearside blind spot, but this doesn’t always help vulnerable road users – especially if they are travelling at speed and go unnoticed by the driver. The bbs-TI, which is