Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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@Siam read some of the comments, info must be there somewhere as someone commented
Me: "Well, it's way easier with an unloaded truck, let's see them do that with a full load."
Description: "The tractor trailer is fully loaded to 40 tonnes"
Well, shit, colour me impressed
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@taniwharugby said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@Siam read some of the comments, info must be there somewhere as someone commented
Me: "Well, it's way easier with an unloaded truck, let's see them do that with a full load."
Description: "The tractor trailer is fully loaded to 40 tonnes"
Well, shit, colour me impressed
Seriously? Then that's fucking impressive.
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@gt12 it's there in the description
Watch a test and explanation of the system:
...On a test track in the new Volvo FH, together with test drivers you get to experience how the Collision Warning with Emergency Brake system can avoid a rear end collision, even if its tight!
The tractor trailer is fully loaded to 40 tons GCW.Read more: http://www.volvotrucks.com/trucks/glo...
Animation of the system:
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@Siam said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Do they say what the load weight in the trailer is though? That's the death variable
40 tonnes.
The video is from 2013.
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@antipodean is 40 tonnes lighter now?
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@taniwharugby said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@antipodean is 40 tonnes lighter now?
Ha, my point was how much technology would've improved since then.
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Have to go to about 1.20 before anything good happens...even then not enough
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@taniwharugby sounds awesome bro.
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@chimoaus said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@nzzp impressive but fuck me they could programme it to slow down a bit earlier. I still would have shit myself seeing that truck not stopping until the last minute.
they've got this physical device for it, called a pedal if you don't want to wait for the emergency system to kick in.
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@Machpants said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@Kirwan Probably as real as John Wick
Don’t care, it’s still awesome.
