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> Truck accidents where the truck plows into another vehicle are relatively rare. Interesting, in Germany there happen 4 truck accidents on highways every day
by freeflight 5y ago
> Truck accidents where the truck plows into another vehicle are relatively rare.
Interesting, in Germany there happen 4 truck accidents on highways every day, every third one of those is a truck driving into the end of a traffic jam [0], in total they apparently cause more deaths than speeding [1].
[0] https://www.autofahrerseite.eu/sicherheit/524-lkw-unfall-stauende.html https://www.autofahrerseite.eu/sicherheit/524-lkw-unfall-sta...
[1] https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/lkw-unfaelle-fordern-mehr-tote-als-zu-schnelles-fahren-16008111.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/lkw-unfaelle-fordern-...
- Aloha 5y agoDriving a cabover would seem to not help in those situations, somewhat obviously. A cabover has better close up visibility, not distance.
- ngcc_hk 5y agoThese day even very cheap car (Nissan micra say) has auto brake and track alignment. Not e-car just normal one. If the stat is so bad in German can this help? Seems inexpensive technology now like abs etc.
- d1sxeyes 5y agoIt's there, but there are issues: https://trid.trb.org/view/1756275 https://trid.trb.org/view/1756275