Why does a truck with a fixed chassis rail at that height not have front-underrun protection below it? This is a serious design flaw.
wtf why is the hoodline at chest height
we have mansfield bars but nothin’ doin’ the same at the front?
Yeah, all it needed was extra madmax spikes at the end. Seriously, what was that designed for? Like breaching walls or toppling trees?
Def not overall road safety.Also brush fires might not require driving at speed through intersections (accidents of any sort cause longer delays).
(And, tho not the issue at hand - headlights at car roof level too, wtf. At 1.6m (5ft3in) Cooper Countryman aren’t that small.)
Seriously, what was that designed for?
Being hit by other vehicles while stopped on a roadway, usually. Especially if there is a highway nearby.
People have this tendency to get distracted by the blinking lights or a car accident, and drift toward it. The truck is positioned between traffic and where people are working so if it does get hit, the entire crew isn’t turned into mush instantly.
That’s not correct then, doesn’t explain the lack of front mansfield bar or why the bumper is so high.
An impact with a vehicle is the same regardless who does the ramming/who is stationary.
(With your reasoning the impact would have been the same, just more ppl killed. So I don’t think it’s that.)Having ridiculous ground clearance isn’t a design chosen for traffic (impact) reasons.
This is why you don’t play music so loud that you can’t hear a siren.
And the reason the rest of us have to suffer sirens that are louder than they need to be, is so that they need to be loud enough to penetrate all the soundproofing
And now drivers are all wearing earphones
