To test the new inflatable curtains overturning Scania his new truck. For safety, the car remotely, without a driver.
The most serious types of accidents for truck drivers is that the vehicle rolls over or drives into a front truck. Compared to other road users are truck drivers a fairly sheltered position. High up in a steady cab. But there are two types of accidents in which the truck driver is exposed: when the vehicle rolls over or drives into a front truck. Around these two types of accident Scania has concentrated its security with the new cab.
– The new inflatable curtain, the side windows capture the driver and passenger if the car should roll over or roll around. To shorten the braking distance we have moved forward the front axle, lowered center of gravity and enhanced brakes, says Scania’s project manager Lars Bygdén to new technology.
A number of trucks during development suffered extensive physical exams. They have been shaken, crashed, tipped here and there. The most spectacular tests are yet when testers get the entire rig to overturn. For safety with remote control.
Scania expects the inflatable curtain will reduce the number of deaths in rollover accidents involving at least one quarter.
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