Tunnock’s chooses Brigade Safety Systems

Famous for its caramel wafers and teacakes, family-run business Tunnock’s produces 14 million biscuits a week, delivering to supermarkets across the UK. It operates a large fleet of vehicles, including one 18-tonne and five 26-tonne Scania rigid lorries with box bodies that transport a third of the biscuits Tunnock’s makes.

With each truck travelling more than 62,000 miles a year, Stuart Loudon, Tunnock’s Transport Manager, recognised the need for ensuring the company’s vehicles were equipped with trusted and reliable safety products. He called upon Brigade’s service partner, Banlaw – a vehicle safety system specialist based in Blantyre – to assist him with fitting a range of first class safety devices.

Additionally, its newest vehicle, an 18-tonne Scania truck, has been installed with Brigade’s Ultrasonic Obstacle Detection Sidescan® Sensor System. These ultrasonic proximity sensors eliminate blind spots, minimise vehicle damage and prevent collisions with pedestrians, cyclists or objects by alerting drivers of obstacles close to the vehicle, whether moving or stationary. An audible and/or visual in-cab warning informs of an object’s distance, while an optional external speaking alarm can be added to alert cyclists and pedestrians that the vehicle is turning. This makes the system ideal for assisting road-going vehicles with driving and manoeuvring at low speeds in confined spaces, such as busy city centres.