A CMS, or Camera Monitor System, is an advanced safety feature for trucks and buses that replaces traditional side mirrors with high-definition cameras and high-resolution displays. This system enhances visibility by capturing blind spots and offering an extended, clearer view around the vehicle, ultimately improving safety and reducing the risk of accidents involving pedestrians and vulnerable road users (VRUs).

By providing a broader perspective, the CMS helps mitigate blind spots. Internal monitors, which are protected from rain and steam, display real-time images from the HD cameras, ensuring a clear view. The primary risk of accidents for trucks typically arises from interactions with other vehicles and VRUs

Integrating a CMS into trucks and buses brings numerous advantages over traditional mirrors. These include:

• Superior Visibility: CMS provides clear views in various weather and light conditions, ensuring drivers have a comprehensive understanding of their surroundings.
• Elimination of Glare: Traditional mirrors often suffer from glare, but CMS completely eliminates this issue, offering a consistent and crisp view.
• Reduced Blind Spots: With cameras replacing traditional mirrors, CMS offers extended views and significantly reduces blind spots, as well as enhances overall safety.
• Improved Aerodynamics: Replacing bulky mirrors with sleek cameras can improve the vehicle’s aerodynamics, particularly efficient for long distances.
• Enhanced Safety and Driver Comfort: All these benefits, not to mention enhanced ergonomics and reduced driver fatigue, contribute to a safer and more comfortable driving experience, making CMS a valuable addition for fleet operators.

Absolutely! Gauzy’s CMS can be retrofitted to a wide range of existing trucks. We offer comprehensive assessments and customized installation plans to ensure that the CMS delivers optimal performance and safety enhancements for your fleet.

Please note: Other CMS providers in the market might not retrofit onto existing truck fleets.

The CMS improves safety by significantly reducing blind spots, providing real-time, high-quality video feeds of the vehicle’s surroundings. This allows drivers to detect other vehicles and vulnerable road users more effectively. Additionally, the CMS offers better visibility in low-light conditions and adverse weather, which are critical factors in preventing accidents and ensuring safer driving.

Yes, Gauzy’s Camera Monitor System (CMS) is fully compliant with both North American and European regulatory standards, such as UN ECE Regulation R46 . Our system meets all necessary safety and performance requirements, ensuring that it is a reliable and legal replacement for traditional mirrors on trucks in these regions.

Our Camera Monitor System offers several key features:

• High-definition cameras for clear, extended views
• Real-time video feeds displayed on internal monitors
• Enhanced visibility in low-light and adverse weather conditions
• Reduced blind spots for improved safety
• Compliance with US and European safety regulations

The installation process for our Camera Monitor System is straightforward and typically involves the following steps:

1. Removal of traditional side mirrors and internal rearview mirror.
2. Installation of high-definition cameras at strategic points on the exterior of the vehicle.
3. Mounting of the internal monitor(s) inside the vehicle.
4. Integration of the system with the vehicle’s electrical networks.
5. Calibration and testing to ensure optimal performance and compliance with safety standards.

Our professional installation team ensures minimal downtime and maximum safety during the installation process.

Truck and bus operators can expect numerous benefits from using a CMS, including:

• Enhanced safety for drivers and vulnerable road users
• Reduced accident rates and associated costs
• Improved driver confidence and comfort
• Compliance with modern safety regulations
• Potential insurance premium reductions due to improved safety features
• Lower maintenance costs compared to traditional mirrors, which can be prone to damage and require frequent adjustments

Gauzy’s Smart-Vision® truck and bus CMS system includes several key features:

• Lightweight and Aerodynamic Design: Optimized for improved efficiency.
• Auto-Adjusting Screen Brightness: Ensures visibility in various lighting conditions.
• Additional Cameras: Provide multiple panning views for both forward and backward motion.
• Real-Time Audio-Visual Alerts: Integrated displays support BSIS and MOIS regulations for enhanced safety.
• Surveillance and Screening Mode: Offers OEM recording capabilities for comprehensive monitoring.

Integrating Gauzy’s Smart-Vision® CMS into buses offers significant advantages over traditional mirrors, enhancing safety, efficiency, and driver comfort. These benefits include:

• Reduced Blind Spots for Bus Drivers: High-definition cameras strategically placed around the bus offer a clear, comprehensive view of the surroundings, significantly reducing blind spots and improving safety for both the driver and pedestrians.
• Superior Visibility in Bus Operations: The CMS system provides optimal visibility in all weather and lighting conditions, such as fog, rain, or night driving, ensuring bus drivers have a complete understanding of their environment, which is crucial for navigating busy streets or tight corners.
• Elimination of Glare for Bus Drivers: Unlike traditional mirrors that cause glare from headlights, especially at night, Gauzy’s CMS eliminates this issue, offering a consistently clear, glare-free view that reduces eye strain and enhances driver focus during long bus routes.
• Improved Aerodynamics for Buses: Replacing large, bulky mirrors with sleek cameras improves the bus’s aerodynamics, potentially contributing to better fuel efficiency and reduced operating costs for bus fleet operators.
• Enhanced Driver Comfort and Safety: The integration of CMS enhances the ergonomics of the bus driver’s workspace by minimizing the need for constant head and body movement to check mirrors, reducing driver fatigue and ensuring a safer, more comfortable driving experience on long shifts or busy city routes.

Gauzy’s Smart-Vision® CMS enhances safety for buses by significantly reducing blind spots and providing real-time, high-quality video feeds of the bus’s surroundings. This allows bus drivers to more effectively detect pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users, especially in busy urban environments. Additionally, the CMS system offers superior visibility in low-light conditions and adverse weather, critical factors for bus drivers navigating through challenging conditions such as night shifts, rain, or fog. By improving the driver’s awareness, the CMS helps prevent accidents and ensures safer driving for both passengers and others on the road. 

This version focuses more on “bus” language and urban environments while maintaining the original safety messaging.