Be Careful 'Round Them Thar Trucks, Y'all.

"BringBackTheCommodore" (bringbackthecommodore) 08/20/2016 at 17:18 • Filed to: Oppositetruck, Crash, Test, Chevrolet, Malibu, 18 wheeler, Eighteen, Wheels, Of, Death, Soundslikeamovietitle

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The best prevention is always a safer driver, although even then it’s still easy to get caught offguard.

daender > BringBackTheCommodore 08/20/2016 at 17:37

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It’s the damn Hyundai trailers that you need to be careful tailing. When you pass them, you’ll notice they have little or no bracing to prevent a vehicle from going under. Other trailers at least have some steel angles or tubes to help triangulate the design.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > BringBackTheCommodore 08/20/2016 at 17:43

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Had a coworker die last month from this exact type of accident. Definitely a wake up call.

Cé hé sin > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 08/20/2016 at 17:58

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No under run bars where you are? (not that they’re perfect of course)

facw > Cé hé sin 08/20/2016 at 18:23

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All trucks have them (often called Mansfield bars over here). But as the video shows, they don’t always work (which is what the video is showing).

facw > BringBackTheCommodore 08/20/2016 at 18:23

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Posted this a couple days ago:

More crashing and a bit less talking. Mostly looking at what happens in offset rather than head-on cases.

Or here for some scary raw video:

facw > daender 08/20/2016 at 18:24

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Apparently the newer ones are better, but I imagine the old ones will be on the road for a long time.

BringBackTheCommodore > facw 08/20/2016 at 18:46

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It’s important to pay attention on the road. It’s important to enough of us that it’s looking like something that should really be addressed at large - educating drivers about this, and ecouraging the trucking industry to revise the underride guards. As it is, the trucking industry has been fighting legislation mandating the use of side underride guards.

BringBackTheCommodore > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 08/20/2016 at 18:53

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Oh damn, my condolences. That’s tragic, tragic indeed. This is definitely an issue that could be prevented if human lives were valued above cost.

My condolences to you and the family.

BringBackTheCommodore > daender 08/20/2016 at 18:56

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And, notably, those are the ones that performed the worst in testing. It might be time for someone to spell out some more stringent requirements for underride guards, although that would have to take place at the state level, at least here in the U.S. No simple answer to this issue, but it would be well worth tackling for the sake of saving lives.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Cé hé sin 08/20/2016 at 19:46

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Nope we have Mansfield Bars. They just dont work.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > BringBackTheCommodore 08/20/2016 at 21:21

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Clearly the only thing to do if you care about the safety of yourself and those who ride with you is to buy a bro truck with a massive lift kit and preferably a bull bar.

BringBackTheCommodore > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/20/2016 at 21:48

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Don’t forget the stacks. Gotta have the stacks.