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A lot of vehicles have this already, you set the cruise control and it maintains a safe distance from the vehicle in front. If they slow down you slow down and when they speed up again so do you. You can set the following distance anything from safe distance to Audi distance (ie 3.5mm)
In time the cost of this technology will come down so a lot more vehicles will have it as standard to look out for hazards while the driver is on Facebook.
Double edged sword if you ask me.
In time the cost of this technology will come down so a lot more vehicles will have it as standard to look out for hazards while the driver is on Facebook.
Double edged sword if you ask me.
In Theory Yes, in reality NO, Reason in my own experience, all loads are different in the way the move although strapped, for instance, Steel, if this HGV came to a stop this way the load would go straight through the headboard of the trailer and kill the driver, some firms will not fit Steel Head boards ( Front of the trailer for Weight reasons) Refrigerated Hanging meat's, these trailers have the meat ( Cow Sides etc ) Hanging from a rail fitted to the alloy roof of the Trailer, on this type of braking the load would swing forward and would affect the braking, Tanks & their cargo, inside tank trailers they now fit baffles to stop the SWAY of the load either side ways or forward, again on this type of braking would cause the load to SLAP ( Forward / Backward motion ) depending on the type of load that is within the trailer, the driver drives to his experience in carrying that load, Containers that you see a lot of, the only knowledge the driver has of that load is the paper work, the container is "Sealed" & can only in some cases be opened by the customer, a lot of these Tail end Pile up's are driving too close " thanks to the EU Rules of 56 mph, the ordinary motorist can only see about 4 cars in front in compared to a HGV that can see about 20 cars in front, meaning the car does not have the time to stop so slaps on, that's how the Motorway pile up starts, there should not be any accidents on Motorways, accidents are caused, & caused by driving too close too fast & Inexperienced drivers, there are no right hand turns, no roundabouts, no traffic lights, & the traffic goes one way, so how the hell do they happen?
RTA=Road Traffic Accident. Now frowned upon by the police (by default the other emergency services) as it implies no one was to blame. "it was just an accident"
RTC= Road Traffic Collision. Now used for most vehicle collision
RTI= Road Traffic Incident. used for things like cars broken down in the road, things that have fallen off a lorry etc.
RTC= Road Traffic Collision. Now used for most vehicle collision
RTI= Road Traffic Incident. used for things like cars broken down in the road, things that have fallen off a lorry etc.
Regards the loads within Zac, there are HGV Drivers & there are HGV Glory Boys, that when experience comes in, you can learn on a un-loaded trailer for a week, pass your test on a Frid, on Monday drive a 44 tonner you tell me that right & I'll show my @rse in B&Q, that's how stupid the law is, & until that is changed, HGV Pile up's will happen.
seems you can also pass your uk driving test and get let loose on the roads without the slightest grasp of the English language
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