Freeway drivers should keep their hands properly placed on a vehicle’s steering wheel even when an automatic driver support system is being used, the Freeway Bureau said yesterday.
The bureau called for drivers to be vigilant following a significant rise in collisions caused by an over-reliance on automatic driver support systems, including lane-departure warnings, cruise control, automatic braking and blind-spot detection.
The bureau recorded 70 accidents between January and last month in which its construction vehicles or truck-mounted attenuators were struck from behind by vehicles on freeways.
Thirty-one of the collisions were caused by motor vehicles that were equipped with such systems.
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