What a great idea Samsung Safety Truck !

it seems oddly translated

"in Argentina almost one person dies in a traffic accident every hour"

"80% happen on the roads"


where the hell are the other 20% of fatal crashes occurring!?
 
It's a nice idea in principal and a good bit of PR on Samsung's part but totally unnecessary and impractical (how do you mount this on a low loader, a coil carrier, a flatbed, a skelly or a joloda?) , we don't need to punish HGV operators with ridiculous cost intensive technology when all we should be doing is allowing HGVs to go the same 60 a car can do on a single carriageway and eliminate the problem of morons who feel the second there's a half second gap they need to be back up to full speed.
 
Tefal said:
it seems oddly translated

"in Argentina almost one person dies in a traffic accident every hour"

"80% happen on the roads"


where the hell are the other 20% of fatal crashes occurring!?
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If you know south america losing control of your car and mounting the pavement seems to happen a heck of a lot
 
Jonny2284 said:
It's a nice idea in principal and a good bit of PR on Samsung's part but totally unnecessary and impractical (how do you mount this on a low loader, a coil carrier, a flatbed, a skelly or a joloda?) , we don't need to punish HGV operators with ridiculous cost intensive technology when all we should be doing is allowing HGVs to go the same 60 a car can do on a single carriageway and eliminate the problem of morons who feel the second there's a half second gap they need to be back up to full speed.
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It would be easier to just force HGV to drive at night only. Far less of an issue for everyone then.
 
hyperseven said:
Sure seen this before
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I think it was in Motors.

Still think its a bit of a silly idea. Why should they have a screen on the back? So the impatient driver who can't see whether it's actually safe or not can attempt to overtake in their 80MPGzzz snot box?
 
George Hincapie said:
You do understand that 'night' is a component part of every 24 hour day right? :)
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And things need to be delivered during the day as well as at night?
Especially building supplies, furniture etc.

Not to mention people tend to get a little bit cranky about heavy trucks running up and down what are often residential roads too much at night.

A large part of the reason trucks are involved in or "cause" accidents is because people are impatient/idiots, they're likely to try and overtake something like van as they are a truck now that a lot of vans are limited in speed.

I think where possible most haulage firms already do night runs as much as practical as it tends to be faster but there are limits, and I think some trucks are run pretty much 24/7 to maximise their use.
 
TheVoice said:
And costs will go up because anyone working in the freight industry or the many associated industries will need to work night shifts to load/unload said vehicles, stock shelves etc.
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not to mention limited stock will drive prices up through supply and demand.
 
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