A320
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 174; Flight Crew Total 8962; Flight Crew Type 4993
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Equipment / Tooling; Human Factors
Pulling into gate in IAH a truck drove directly thru the safety zone and the 'Safe Park' system did not tell us to stop due to an obstruction. Recommendation for improvement- ensure the scanning of the safety zone is accurate and provides instantaneous feedback to the crew via the signage. Useful improvement (do not have to wait on marshallers); but system must be out of beta and ready for prime-time. This example illustrates why it is not yet. Had we followed the signage and continued our approach to the gate; it is possible we would have hit the vehicle. My attention must be singularly focused on the lights guiding me to gate; which means the FO must back up the Safe Park scanning of safety zone.
A320 Captain reported a truck drove into the safe zone while he was parking at a gate in IAH and the 'Safe Park' system failed to warn him.