Brigade Camera Monitoring Systems

Why Camera Monitor Systems

The size of commercial vehicles and machines mean vehicle blind spots are a major factor in collisions across all industries. Operator positions, bodywork, absent rear windows and bulkheads create further restrictions and can greatly limit driver visibility, making collisions even more likely. The significant financial cost of vehicle and property damage is magnified by associated costs such as downtime, but even greater are the corporate and emotional costs when there is personal injury.

Brigade’s camera monitor systems enable drivers and operators to manoeuvre and drive safely. Vehicle-mounted CCTV cameras can help the driver to see blind spots and offer a reversing aid by delivering a live feed on the monitor of everything in the camera view, including people or obstacles.

Killing Blind Spots

Brigade’s range of safety systems meet a host of health and safety and legislative requirements. Designed to assist both driver and vulnerable road users, they can eliminate blind spots, to prevent costly vehicle damage and, more importantly, save lives.

Brigade understands the many and complex safety issues of mobile applications, resulting in a flexible product range offering safety solutions for vehicles and plant. Whether you are operating on- or off-road, vehicle or machine, large or small, we can help.

We strongly believe in a complementary range of passive and active systems to warn and assist the driver whilst protecting workers, pedestrians and cyclists. Not only this, our systems help increase efficiency and decrease vehicle downtime, saving operators thousands of pounds.

Camera Monitor System Benefits

Vehicle camera systems are a vast improvement on the many mirrors needed to view vehicle blind spots. Mirrors themselves create further blind spots and ‘information overload’ for drivers who don’t know where to look first, with knocked or broken mirrors creating further visibility issues. Backeye® monitors allow multiple camera images to be viewed on a single monitor with dedicated views triggered by, for example, reverse gear. Cameras provide a wider angle of view than mirrors and are less likely to be damaged, whilst built-in LED’s offer superior visibility in low light conditions.

Camera monitor systems are used in a wide range of on- and off-road applications to meet a host of health and safety and legislative requirements, including R46. They can eliminate blind spots to prevent costly vehicle damage and, more importantly, save lives.

Reduce blind spots
Prevent accidents
Can help reduce insurance premiums.
Improvement over standard mirrors.
Meets health and Safety requirements
Compatible with Brigade’s MDR vehicle recorders
Provide irrefutable evidence in the case of accidents and legal proceedings
Prevent false insurance claims
Peace of mind for drivers, passengers and operators

Cameras

The rear blind spot is a huge problem regardless of vehicle/machine.

A massive 90% of reversing accidents occur OFF road (loading bays, lorry parks, quarry sites, warehouses etc.
One quarter of all workplace deaths are caused by reversing vehicles.
Reversing of commercial vehicles accounts for one claim in every six.

Reversing camera benefits;

Prevents costly reversing collisions with people, property or vehicles
Reduces vehicle damage to the rear
Assists safe and easier manoeuvring

Side view camera
The nearside blind spot is accountable for many collisions. Most cyclist fatalities happen at low speeds, typically at road junctions and when pulling off from a stationary position.

Sideswipe collisions on motorways are another common result of poor visibility. This problem is especially acute when the driver position is on the wrong side in left-hand-drive and right-hand-drive traffic.

Side view camera benefits;

Removes the nearside blind spot
Meets Class VI & V blind-spot requirements
Reduces risk of sideswipe collisions and when turning

Front view camera
Due to the size and elevated driver positions of machinery and trucks, a blind spot often exists to the front.
ISO 5006 for earth moving machinery states that a driver must be able to detect a person 1.5m high, 1m out from the perimeter of the machine, whilst blind spot directive 2003/97/EC (Class VI) requires that the front view in mandatory at forward speeds below 30kph for HGVs.

Front view camera benefits;

Meets front view blind spot requirements
Reduced front vehicle damage

Monitors

In-cab monitors are a vital part of the safety process, giving the driver essential information about the vehicle’s surroundings.

Whether you need an entry-level reversing camera system or full mobile CCTV, we can help. With single-to-multiple camera inputs and auto-triggers, Brigade monitors will work on any application in any industry, regardless of the amount of camera views connected.

Brigade’s LCD monitors range from a compact 5” screen, suitable for smaller commercial vehicles or where cab space is limited, to 10.5” suitable for larger, heavy-duty machines or where permanent multiple images are required.

Brigade’s range of monitors include models with the following features:

5”/7”/10.4” screens
6.5” Double-DIN in-dash model
In-built image viewing options, including single/split/triple/quad and picture-in-picture
Waterproof
Audio
On-screen distance markers
Anti-tamper buttons
R46 approved
Certified to ISO 13766:2006
Auto switching PAL/NTSC
Compatible with Brigade’s MDR

Wireless System

Connecting a rear view camera system to a large vehicle or machine can be timely and awkward due to the amount of cable to install. Brigade’s new wireless system eliminates excess cabling, saving up to two hours’ fitment time and removes the need for an additional suzie coupling cable.

New digital wireless technology gives almost instant pictures (camera to monitor in less than 200 milliseconds) and is not affected by electrical interference from other vehicle or machine equipment. The camera image is sent to the monitor via a transmitter and receiver, and once connected, the wireless link is secure. The system also features an easy re-pairing function, allowing the receiver to be linked to a different transmitter making interchanging trailers possible.
The Benefits

Eliminates the need for additional suzie cables
Vastly reduces installation time
Allows for interchangeable trailers

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