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Given the loudest part of garbage trucks around me is their brakes, I'm thrilled at the prospect of them getting regen.
by organsnyder 2y ago
Given the loudest part of garbage trucks around me is their brakes, I'm thrilled at the prospect of them getting regen.
- briffle 2y agoI chatted with a friend who used to be a garbage man in a mid-sized west coast city. Most drivers in our area have a daily route, and when they are done, they are done, but paid for the whole's day work. So they have an incentive to floor the throttle, and slam the brakes. The drivers don't pay for fuel or brake pads out of their salary, the company does, but if they drive like a maniac, they can finish a few hours earlier.
- aitchnyu 2y agoAre accelerometer logs widespread now? Even with 100 USD phone hardware, companies could check drivers are not causing too much wear or causing disomfort to passengers.
- organsnyder 2y agoProbably not on the radar for many waste companies and municipalities. I'm pretty sure the passengers won't complain, either.
- playingalong 2y agoWhere I live the biggest noise is from the loading mechanism and the built in press.
- organsnyder 2y agoThat's not quiet, either. But the sounds from the brakes carry much further, at least for my city's fleet.