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> The high ride height of the trailer Is non-standard ride-height a safety failure? Should trailers have crash panels to avoid drive-unders?

• mdorazio 10y ago
  They already do in the back of the trailer where most collisions are likely to take place (it's typically a welded set of cross-beams that go down to roughly bumper height). I think that very few collisions are of this side-on type that would make it worthwhile to add side panels as well. It's kind of one of those "how safe is safe enough?" situations where you have to compromise at some point.
  • mthoms 10y ago
    Elsewhere in this thread someone mentions that side rails on semis are mandatory in Europe. Makes sense.