Driving assistance system for reversing a mining haulage vehicle

A driving assistance system for reversing a mining haulage vehicle, the driving assistance system comprising:

• a positioner configured to be mounted on the haulage vehicle and to generate positioning information for the haulage vehicle;
• a computing unit configured to derive a defined target position and corresponding steering instructions to reverse the haulage vehicle into a target position based on the positioning information;
• a machine-to-machine communication network configured to provide machine-to-machine communication between a first transceiver configured to be mounted on the haulage vehicle and a second transceiver which is configured to be mounted on an earthmoving machine having a loading tool;
• a light indicator configured to be mounted on the haulage vehicle and is configured to provide at least two states, namely one state which is indicative of an instruction for left steering and another state which is indicative of an instruction for right steering, respectively;
• and
• a log interface configured to be mounted on the earthmoving machine, wherein the log interface is configured to log an actual position of the loading tool of the earthmoving machine as a load spot or dump spot, which defines the target position, wherein the log interface is configured such that a position determination of the actual position of the loading tool is initiated by manual input,
• wherein the computing unit is further configured to derive the target position and to provide the steering instructions to the light indicator as a function of the logged load spot or dump spot, and
• wherein the driving assistance system is configured such that the steering instructions are provided to the light indicator when the transmission of the haulage vehicle is shifted to reverse.