Truck Underride: A Hazard Hidden in Plain View
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Stumble ThisMost of us have wondered: What happens when a car hits a truck trailer. Yes, it's as bad as you think. As usual, Europe does it better.
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Huh? If you're talking about the fact that they're better at being "big brother" and over taxing, you're right.
Why don't consumer vehicles have mounted guards above their passenger compartments? That would have the same effect and you could have that installed yourself.
by the time the guard on the passenger compartment comes into contact with the trailer side, the car is already halfway underneath the semi. unless of course you mean some kind of giant piece of metal sticking up from the hood, effectively blocking your view of anything ahead of you.
that, or some kind of framework on the bumper, which would kill aerodynamics, wasting yet more precious fossil fuel to friction and drag.
but i understand that it's extremely difficult to engineer a piece of metal or hardened plastic/fiberglass onto the side of a semi. </sarcasm>
Wah?
Ok... so let's think about it for a second... we can either: do the relatively simple thing of installing a side barrier along the length of that gap on the truck AS DONE IN MANY COUNTRIES.
OR
By your suggestion... retrofit ALL cars with super strong front rollcage things for some ungodly amount of money.
You have many things going against your ridiculous suggestion:
a) The number of cars vs the number of trucks
b) The ease of installing a barrier on the side of a truck vs somehow incorporating it into the myriad of different car bodies which have no easy place to do so safely, cheaply or in an aesthetic manner.
I mean, what's with the anti European attack? Um... yeah, they are doing it better... live with it, the US doesn't do everything in the best way you know. Not by a hell of a long way.
Let's just strap babies and kittens to our cars to soften the blow.
I am as libertarian as any other guy on here, but you can't say regulations like this are "big brother". There needs to be rules on the uses of these trucks on public property, and this is for sure a valid regulation
Don't blame the truckers, or the industry, blame yourselves.
Don't blame the truckers, or the industry, blame yourselves.
Almost all tailer / car accidents are due to an error of the driver of the car, not the truck.
...here's your Darwin award.
Don't blame the truckers, or the industry, blame yourselves.
Almost all tailer / car accidents are due to an error of the driver of the car, not the truck.
I think that's exactly what arsenault was saying, schmawy.