Today I drove from our stop last night to Prescott, Arkansas. Tonight due to the humidity and heat we are using the IdleAire service. It really does cool the truck down quickly. Lunch and dinner today was a foot long Subway turkey sandwich, so at least some of what I ate today was healthy.
While driving I found out how the Vorad Collision Warning System worked. It was a great help, letting me know when I was creeping up on someone and when there was an obstacle in my blind spot on the right side of the tractor. An unexpected feature was how it connected into the cruise control to maintain a proper following distance by adjusting the truck's speed to match the vehicle in front of me. It does make me wonder how many accidents might be avoided if it was built into automobiles as well.
Vorad is quite simple an on board radar system that tracks objects with in its field of view. It can tell when an object is faster or slower than me, and can sound a warning, as well as show lights it a vehicle in a particular direction is a threat. Basically it is just a very cool thing to have on the truck.
Not much else is going on tonight, have about nine more hours until we can get going again.
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