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Re:Why are semi trucks in the US and Europe so different? (2... by freeflight on Thursday February 03, 2022 @09:25PM (#30202053)
> 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-sta...

[1] https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/lkw-unfaelle-fordern-...

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Re:Why are semi trucks in the US and Europe so different? (2... by Aloha on Thursday February 03, 2022 @10:38PM (#30202560)
Driving a cabover would seem to not help in those situations, somewhat obviously.

A cabover has better close up visibility, not distance.

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Re:Why are semi trucks in the US and Europe so different? (2... by ngcc_hk on Friday February 04, 2022 @04:53AM (#30204780)
These 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.
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Re:Why are semi trucks in the US and Europe so different? (2... by d1sxeyes on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:01AM (#30208511)
It's there, but there are issues:

https://trid.trb.org/view/1756275

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