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Accidents involving trucks often have serious or very serious consequences for the other, generally more vulnerable, party involved. However, the truck driver can also suffer serious injuries. It is therefore important that the safety of both parties is taken into account in order to have a positive impact on the accident statistics. Active safety systems (driver assistance systems) are increasingly coming to the fore. However, it is also imperative to continue to examine and discuss the potential of passive safety measures, because there are still unanswered questions here, for example in relation to compatibility.

Truck
23.05.2017

Acci­dents invol­ving light truck-trai­ler com­bi­na­ti­ons

Truck
23.05.2017

Acci­dents invol­ving light truck-trai­ler com­bi­na­ti­ons

A com­pa­ra­tively small pro­por­tion of road frei­ght trans­port is accoun­ted for by light truck-trai­ler com­bi­na­ti­ons. These are two-axle trucks with a gross vehicle weight of up to 7.49 ton­nes and what is gene­rally a sin­gle-axle trai­ler.
Truck
26.05.2014

Tur­ning assi­stant for trucks

Truck
26.05.2014

Tur­ning assi­stant for trucks

Over 5,000 cyclists and pede­strians are inju­red every year in Ger­many in col­li­si­ons with trucks. In 2012, a total of 131 pede­strians and cyclists died in these acci­dents, and 1,143 were seriously inju­red. These acci­dents invol­ving trucks often...
Truck
14.05.2013

Under­ride guards

Truck
14.05.2013

Under­ride guards

Front under­run pro­tec­tion sys­tems, which have been requi­red by law for trucks with a gross vehicle weight of over 7.5 ton­nes since the end of 2003, can be expec­ted to make a signi­fi­cant con­tri­bu­tion in terms of pre­ven­ting a truck's chas­sis from...
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