Hella has introduced a lane change assistant for the new Audi A4 sports. The system, developed with Audi, reduces the danger of overlooking vehicles approaching from the rear while changing lanes. The lane change assistant becomes active at the threshold speed of 30km/hr. It monitors the adjacent lanes and warns in the event of passing and lane-change procedures if a vehicle is detected in the adjacent lane
Hector Fratty
Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.