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Correct. The EU requires underrun guards on all vehicles except tipper trucks, which cause a disproportionate number of fatalities still. There was an attempt
by madaxe_again 10y ago
Correct. The EU requires underrun guards on all vehicles except tipper trucks, which cause a disproportionate number of fatalities still.
There was an attempt to introduce legislation in the US in the 90's, I believe, but it was killed.
- PinguTS 10y agoThere is also an exemption for historic trucks as well as for trucks, which are mainly used in terrain. That applies to all the Expedition trucks, which are used by world travelers.
- kozak 10y agoWhat's interesting, I didn't know what exactly a tipper truck is, and I did a Google image search for that query. All of the trucks shown to me had highly visible underrun guards on their sides.