New Mercedes eActros review - they let me launch and brake test it 😂
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This is the new Mercedes eActros! It's an all-electric lorry which shows what the future of haulage could look like... And Mat's got his hands on one for a review!
Given it has the ability to carry a max load of 27 tonnes, it'll come as no surprise that it requires some serious power to get around. Under the skin, you'll find a huge 400kWh battery pack (4 times the size of one in an EQS, no less!) along with electric motors which helps the eActros put down 540hp and 970Nm of torque. It also has a claimed range of 400km.
Now this may be a huge truck, but of course, it's also a carwow review, so you know Mat's going to have to launch it and perform a brake test! The question is, will he enjoy it so much that he'll want to review more trucks in the future? You'll have to keep watching to find out!
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I think a mixture of both car and truck reviews 😃🙂👍
So if Mat called this review "TruckWow", wouldn't that mean reviewing an SUV would call it "SUVWow"?
LOL the German nearly short circuited when you didn't follow his rules at the roundabout... love to see it
😂😂😂
He was wrong which is the worst bit (unless it's different in a truck)
@@Rocky2910 No he was not, in Germany you indicate when you leave the roundabout and not when you enter it
@@user-io4sr7vg1v nope same rule here in europe
No it's only signaling when leaving the roundabout in at least West EU, like Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France,...
"I'm noticing some wind noise" *is driving a lorry with the aerodynamics of a building*
He meant you can hear it more than usual cause of the lack of engine noise
@@Lewis-gi1om yea I know let me pretend I'm funny :(
That is funny :D
@@antruys646 it was funny tbf
Tesla is way superior in aerodynamics. Mercedes needs to work smarter.
"Surely you indicate when you turn left in the roundabout?"
"NEIN NEIN NEIN!!!"
The one who said NEIN is probably Hitler.
@@kenziehou494 wtf
When you enter a roundabout you do not indicate as you are following the direction of the road. It is when you want to exit the roundabout that you indicate. One for Germany, 0 for the UK.
@@louisdelaporte2637 only in Germany, other countries also indicate when they enter a roundabout, it is saver. In the Nederlands for example it isn't law, but it is highly appreciated to use your light 1 when you enter 2 when you leave the roundabout. In switzerland on the other hand they indicate neither, they just dont care about others or the law
Why would anyone indicate when entering roundabout? There is no reason and should be banned.
4:49 This is what we are all here for, pure investigative journalism. Hard-hitting questions no-one else dare ask. Good for you Mat, not holding back.
Great journalism right there
The guy being so annoyed about indicating is the most german thing ever lol
And I totally relate to him
He is wrong though
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@@DetailingCars No he is not. In Germany, you only indicate when exiting a roundabout. You could have just looked that up before claiming it.
@@Rear_Admiral522 thats dumb, really bad for trafficflow
Soon it’ll be “I’m Mat Watson, and you’re watching TankWow”
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We can but dream...
@@carwow RPGwow??
@@adityagautam7992 Gamingwow
Comparing the 1/4 mile times of a Challenger 2 vs an Abrams.
I love the Mercedes rep, so German. Teaching Matt some lessons is just funny!
I think that's because he was German
The German is a driving instructor
he is saying that's typical German people
@@nettcologne9186 Every German turns into a driving instructor on the passenger seat! Gruß aus dem Agnesviertel
Marcel probably thinking “what a prick”.
Na lol
80 clicks? Wouldn’t work on American roads--I want my Delivery Before Christmas 2031, thank you very much
He’d be right then.
@@kdesjarlais8200 ??
yeah he was acting like a douchebag when he said Marcel was wrong about the turn signals
UK needs truck driver and fuel mat is there to fullfill the needs for his country 😂❤️
Mat to the rescue!
Ahaha aha
His laughing like a woman
UK is not short of fuel. The fuel is at the depots but there is a shortage of truck drivers due to Brexit! You lot brought this on yourselves because a majority of you are xenophobic!!
I read an article that said after Brexit over 10.000 European truck drivers left the UK and that country could easily use 30.000 now, but low pay and short term visas keep people away. Thank God Mat step in and helps 😁🛢⛽
How much can we save if we buy this EV truck through carwow ?
Mat please stop doing sponsored video of Mercedes because we all know why would that Mercedes man sit beside you and that's why you didn't told the 5 Annoying things Please Do these things 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Click the banner in the top right hand corner of the screen to find out... 👀
@@indusethia how do you think they get to drive these cars.
@@carwow Mat please stop doing sponsored video of Mercedes because we all know why would that Mercedes man sit beside you and that's why you didn't told the 5 Annoying things Please Do these things 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@carwow Can you help me find my next car for a fair price?
"Only when you leave!!!" LMAO 😂
I need to love you!!
Why German people so stern 😂
I would love to know how Mat's car licence lets him drive a 27T truck in Germany of all places!!
It's probably something left from WW-II. If you own a car license you can drive a self-propelled gun. Or something of a similar weight.
thats what i was thinking surely he would have his CatC licence
@@MrBennettJB exactly, if he’s pre 97 he will have C1, obviously not enough to cover the additional 19.5T 😬😆
Learner ? Is that guy an instructor?
I think it's a 26 ton.
Imagine using a Maybach GLS 600 as a cameracar
Where is the respect ,hey🤣
It’s insane but awesome
Pretty cool from mercedes to give them that to use
Mat literally reviews the most random things and makes them interesting
@carwow thanks alot for the like!
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Great video love the diverse content especially the lorry stuff being a lorry driver myself nice to see you enjoying your time behind the wheel of them
HEY HEY! Mat, coming from a trucker, Well Done mate. I would Vote Yes on more truck related videos as it would help inform us HGV drivers as to what we will be driving in the near future. Just like with electric cars, maybe you could do a real world senario video. In which you would drive a typical truckers day including taking breaks and look at charging facilities/availablity and so on. Range would be a good thing for us to learn more about. As you said Electric trucks will be used more around town. The MPG in a diesel truck plummits in city conditions compare to long range motorway use, because of the difference in start/stop of traffic, juctions and lights. How would the battery react to range in motorway vs city situations? Would the effiency of the battery react the same as the mpg of diesel????
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Everyone : understandable
The way that Matt looked at him was soo funny 😂😂
Mat: How long does it take it to charge…
Marcel: 6 months
He says you can charge from 20% to 80% in 1 hour with a 150kW charger.
It has a 400kWh battery, so that 60% range represents 240 kWh. And in 1 hour at 150kW you get 150kWh of energy. Not sure how these two numbers reconcile.
@@dtemp132 Well, it's approximately close to a number that he came up with roughly because the actual amount of time it needs to recharge those 60% left at 150kW is 1.6 hours (1 hour and 36 minutes).
@@dtemp132 Where the hell do you find a 150kW charger ... and what about ten of these charge at the same time? The city goes dark ...
@@Davoodoox1 I wonder how the infrastructure is for these. They wont be charging at the regular EV charge points as they wouldnt fit a truck this size. Maybe theyre installing fast chargers at truck stops around Germany? Time will tell
@@Davoodoox1 There are a few 300kw chargers around.
The braking power is amazing pretty much 12m from 50+ to 0 is two lengths of the truck and it stops. For a small normal car that should be the equivalent of under 10m which is insane
I live in France and I’ve had my driving license for about 2 month which means I still know the rules pretty well. In France when coming on a roundabout if you intend to leave on the right you use the right blinker before going into the roundabout, if you wanna go straight on you don’t use any blinker except when you leave the roundabout and if you intend to go left you use the left blinker before and inside the roundabout and before you leave you use the right one.
Exactly this!
Newby on the road, but at least knows what he's talking about.
Exactly like this young man.
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These rules also apply to Switzerland.
Ah okay now it makes perfectly sense to me! I'm from Germany and I always wondered - while driving in France or even Spain - why everyone is using the blinker that much in a roundabout.
Like Marcel told Mat, in Germany we get taught to use the blinker only when we're leaving a roundabout. Because as an oncoming driver you can't necessarily know from which direction the oncoming traffic was entering the roundabout and therefore it's irrelevant to know if the oncoming driver drives straight ahead or left or right from his original entering position. Do you know what I mean?
In Germany, if no turn signal is on, you know that the car stays inside. Sure, now that I understand the french rules, it's definitely nice to know when someone is staying in the roundabout and therefore flashing his left blinker, that might even be safer! But the main thing when you're waiting to enter is when you see the right blinker. Then you can go ahead as an oncoming driver. That's the German theory at least :D
This is the same as UK - except the opposite. Driving in France for me was no problem. Italy - no indications ever!
In Germany, at traffic circles, you do not have to use the turn signal on entry, only on exit. Obviously, it makes more sense to use the turn signal to show that you are staying in the traffic circle and also when exiting too. It is the case in many other countries that you use the turn signal when driving inside the circle that you stay in the circle.
But do people also turn signal on when leaving then? In Holland, the law recommends you to turn signal on if you're not leaving too and turn signal on when leaving. But the law only requests it for leaving. A lot of people do not use the signal at all and that is illegal. Also, some turn weird and do not take exit. It makes it very confusing.
@@Henry_Jr_Watsson absolutely, very confusing. In Germany by law only when exiting, not more. People who are to comfortable and don't use the signals at all are obviously dumb 🤣
Why would it make sense to indicate left when you're not exiting the roundabout? That'd be like having a third indicator for "straight ahead" when you're not turning left or right at a regular intersection. If I don't indicate, I'll stay in the roundabout. Reducing the amount of signalling you have to do, which in turn makes things easier and more foolproof for all parties.
@@Henry_Jr_Watsson If you dont indicate, you are staying, if you indicate, you are going out the next exit :) its the same thing with indicating for staying inside, but just adds extra complexity.
In the UK, I find indicating before a roundabout is useful for other people. They don't need to stop and wait to see what I'm going to do.
Example: a 3-way mini roundabout:
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Here I would indicate left if I'm going "straight" (there is no left turn), so cars coming the opposite way don't have to stop and wait to see if I'm going to turn right.
In the Netherlands it is taught to indicate right when leaving. Sometimes people indicate left when they want to take to 3rd exit, so other drivers know 100% that they're staying on for this exit.
In Sweden too. Not all but some. Good rule. But always indicate right when leaving.
Same in Switzerland. It's practical.
Then you have the morons who indicate left in the roundabout but forgets to indicate out, and you're left standing there, having to wait longer.
A roundabout is considered as it's "road" where you only indicate when you either leave or in a construct with "multiple lanes" when you change lane, tbh it is freakin annoying when they indicate left.... on a counter clockwise roundabout (right side driving) 🤣
@@annod2972 where the hell do you get that from? a roundabout is not considered as its own road, its a traffic instrument. and what difference does it make to you if someone is indicating left?
In Slovenia it's the same, we don't use indicators in entering a round about, you only use it, when you drive out of it.
Yeah why the fuck would you use it when you enter
Entering is weird but in Sweden nice people will use indicators while going left in a round about to ease for other (ofc they blink right before exiting)
Thanks for the left indicator, otherwise I would have thought you want to drive right. Left indicator in a roundabout is obsolete. You just can drive one way and you use your indicator when you're leaving. As simple as that. Everything else would be senseless 😂
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The day Mat learns how to behave on a roundabout. Took a truck to bring him there!
I think they teach this differently in Europe
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4:01 In the Netherlands it's nearly the same.
Only indicate left when you're taking the 3rd exit/left exit. Indicate right if you leave the first exit/right exit, and don't indicate when going straight ahead.
4:07 Not sure how German do, but in France we do exactly how you described it. If you’re going left, you indicate with left signal in the inside lane, and then one exit before yours you change to right turn and you change lane to exit.
You know carewow is going to places when they have a Maybach camera car
"Only indicate when you leave..." Welcome to Germany :D
Same in Finland too.
In Poland too.
Croatia also
Hungary aswell. Does not make sense to indicate, since you can confuse the drivers here....
not in Korea
Matt, please keep Marcel as your side kick for many videos to come! So awesome and funny, the two of you 😂😂
Love these kind of reviews from Mat!
12 meters on the braking test, in a truck?! That's insane!! Honestly I am well-impressed with this, and I am glad there are more electric trucks popping up!
Same for a diesel...
Modern trucks have incredible brakes. With this electric one the regenerative braking probably makes those even better.
@Lassi Kinnunen 81 It had 25 tons out of the 27 tons it could carry
@@bogdanrus7953 braking is only as good as the grip available
@@Markcain268 Of course. Except for mechanical braking. And aerodynamic braking. And electromagnetic braking.
Never question someone from Germany following the rules, they are right 😂
In this case, he fucking isn't. Not indicating left into a roundabout is selfish and stupid. There is absolutely no reason NOT to do it. If everybody indicated going into roundabouts you would know exactly where they are going and traffic would flow so much better. People who don't do it pisses me off.
@@torod213 he's .. the rule is only when you leave the roundabout
@@torod213 Why are u mad🥲
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@@torod213 indicate only when leaving roundabout, its common sense, everyone knows that... Mostly
This is the video I was waiting for. Thanks a lot for making this video
“Are you telling me that you like vibrations through your bottom”
“Yes .’)
He probably didn't even paid attention to the question, just said yes.
Yes Mat, in Germany, where we drive on the correct side and have our steering wheels on the correct side, we also correctly only use the indicators when we leave a KREISVERKEHR!
Nicht nur in Deutschland
@@carlosandleon Auch in Irland.
Lol
Who says you drive on the correct side of the road? Clearly you dont mate XD
So inefficient though
That is the German way which made me almost crash into someone :))
In Romania, unless you take the first exit, you need to indicate left if you are staying in the roundabout.
Are we just gonna ignore that the camera vehicle he overtook at the beginning was a Maybach 😂
I scrolled down looking for this comment. I stated to think I was the only one who noticed 😅
The Germans roll in style 😂
That was the camera car
That's the GLS Maybach Matt was also reviewing
@@aslamnurfikri7640 German efficiency, film one with the other
As a Brit living in Germany I can confirm you indicate when you leave, I still revert to old habits and indicate when going round to the disapproval of my girlfriend
Just casually using a Maybach GLS as a camera car :)
Marcel is right about the signal. I went through driving license exchange in Switzerland. I had to unlearn and relearn driving :)
The roundabout question. I think you're correct Matt. I'm English but now live in Spain. Driving here on roundabouts is a lottery of luck. I've installed a crystal ball on my dashboard to predict where everyone is going. I'm guessing it's different in Germany, Marcel seemed pretty convinced of the rules. He had to be polite with a Mercedes badge on his jacket!😂😂
Roundabouts in Spain are simple: you always give way to the left when entering and travel in the rightmost lane unless you are overtaking another car. If you stray from the rightmost lane and wish to move back into the rightmost lane or exit the roundabout (which should be done typically from the rightmost lane) you must give way to any cars in the rightmost lane.
I love him being confused with the indication laws in German roundabouts
It's not only german roundabouts though. This is basically standard in many EU countries.
In Portugal u also learn to do use the left indicator while circling around and then right indicator to leave.
In Sweden we use the indicaror to leave
In Spain is also different. It's like the UK there
@@inotoni6148 que dices xd
Where’s the Asheville guy? He should’ve been here as well 😂
@@24k__J You racist?
@@sekou3758 I think they were saying no please no to the bots which were commenting on basically all the top replies
@@sekou3758 wtf does that have to do with race, like where did that come from lmao
I was hoping Daniel from Asheville was in the video
He appears in truck drag races
For medium hauling distances that's quite nice! 25 tons with around 250km of range is enough. Plus when you charge it with more extreme speeds (+350kw) at logistic centers while loading/unloading it shouldn't be necessary to stop somewhere else.
It is good start for short ranges.
Marcel was extremely professional.
You're only required to indicate when you're leaving the roundabout however you're allowed to indicate that you're staying inside and it is nice to let others know about your intentions. At least in Hungary those are the rules if I'm not mistaken, it could be different in Germany.
I would agree to that. But you should definitely not indicate when entering the roundabout unless you want to leave at the first exit.
In Germany it is not allowed to indicate that you are entering or staying in the round about only when you leave the roundabout. Marcel is right :)
@@MathiasBacher nicht Mal dann. Eigentlich nur wenn man rausfährt
@@moritzdurholt7702 Offiziell nicht, aber ich blink meistens schon recht früh, damit die anderen nicht anhalten müssen :)
@@MathiasBacher Indicating while you enter a roundabout for leaving at the first exit is a courteous traffic rule.
Its not official a law but it makes good sense and also thought by driving schools.
Also giving way to entering traffic on the motorway by changing lanes is also a courteous traffic rule.
We need more Marcel, LOL! Get him in the Rimac EV and see how he likes that.
he likes the vibration of his butt in diesel vehicles that's what we found out. so the rimac ev will not be in his taste.
The German was right, signal only when you're exiting roundabout
Unpopular opinion
Same in Romania, but there are a lot of idiots that don't blink at all, so you never know with other drivers. Therefor, I blink both when entering and exiting to make my intention as clear as possible.
@@blackjack2150 I think you, then, need a straightforward indicator in addition to left and right. Or maybe an LED message board that a navigator can continuously type your intentions on as you drive.
In Netherlands its if you go 3 quarts you do left signal other wise not
@@jochemvangalen9464 same in UK
In Romania usually if you go to the left you take the left lane, and use indicator that you wanna go to the left or to turn back, then indicator right to show you are leaving the roundabout. Some people use it, some don't, but is nice to know where the car in the roundabout is gonna leave so you can get ready to enter the roundabout quickly
About indicating:
4/4 (whole around) & 3/4 (turning left): indicate left when entering > indicate right when exiting.
2/4 (Straight ahead): no indicating entering > indicate right when exiting.
1/4 (turning right): indicate right when entering and exiting.
And rule number one: it is much safer and better for traffic to ALWAYS indicate than to NOT indicate...
As clever as it can be sir !
The Mercedes guy is correct when it comes to the indicating in round-a-bouts
So you're saying Mat's WRONG?!
@@carwow yea, Mat was wrong
@@carwow Mat please stop doing sponsored video of Mercedes because we all know why would that Mercedes man sit beside you and that's why you didn't told the 5 Annoying things Please Do these things 🙏🏻🙏🏻
In the Netherlands, Mat is right. If you go left at a roundabout, you already indicate this at the entrance and then just before your exit, you indicate to the right.
None of them are wrong there are many ways to do round-a-bounds, at least in my country.
4:12 I agree with Mat, I always do the exact same thing as he did. That's the proper way! At least here in the Netherlands!
In some states in Australia we do both. Indicating when go around the roundabout and the indicating when leaving the roundabout
And they’re using a GLS maybach for a camera car 😂😂 gotta love it
Mat why are you filming with a gls 600 Maybach😂
😂had the same thoughts
Because he can do it
It's how he keeps his sarnies cool.
Love the indicator debate :)
Such a honest line...I don't review trucks...but he loved it...
The acceleration test was pretty impressive, that is quick enough to keep up with start/stop traffic. Usually cars would go at a green and a large gap would form, so trucks almost always miss the green light. Some mornings a friggin line of them might need 2-3 light cycles when it's 3 minutes a cycle JUST because of their poor acceleration from a stop.
Lol that's cause it's not carrying a load. Trucks with a full load would always struggle at launching.
@@MrRinre Is 25 tonnes not a full load for a short truck like this?
@@MrRinre min 7:20. Watch before writing.
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@@24k__J Oh who cares, it's a godamn city lorry.
I'm sure some folk had never heard of electric motors before, pretty old technology, just modernised
@@24k__J Ok boomer.
12m from 50KMH ---- WOW !! Since that's speed limit in most of European towns - we could avoid a lot of accidents.
5:33 That lane-departure warning sounds like what happens when I get a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) on my Windows PC while watching a video.
Didn't see this one coming, now I can't wait to see a review of a scania or a volvo truck by mat. Petition for truckwow, I want to see how much I can save on a truck 🤣🤣😂
Car engineers: Regen braking is this amazing new thing
Train engineers: Finally we beat you to something.
Train engineers beat them to a lot of things
@Big Dongle I have a degree in automotive engineering but I work on the railway (18 years and counting) now. I have learned. It was a comment for comedy. ABS was first used on trains not cars or trucks. Except we call it WSP on rail vehicles. Aircraft used it next. Automotive adopted it around 30 or 40 years later.
My point is that regenerative braking is something that has been on rail vehicles a while. Or more accurately rheostatic braking as for true regenerative braking the infrastructure also needs updating which is only compatible in certain areas.
But rail tech is generally basic and hasn't moved on as much as automotive technology in the last 20 years or so. Whether its trucks bikes or cars. Rail has lost ground in recent years but the product life cycle of a train is 30ish years. Some locos are 50+ years old and still in service. The typical life of a car is 10-12 years and new product lines appear every 2-3 years. Rail can't keep up with that level of development.
Like I said, I know what I'm talking about the original comment was just supposed to be funny.
@@typhoon-7
It is very dependant on the country you're in, as in the US railway technology hasn't really changed all that much over the last 60 years, whilst in other countries like in Germany there have been continuous new developments and technologies implemented on the railways. LZB for instance was introduced several decades ago on higher speed lines and is able to fully automatically control the train, and with ETCS currently being introduced across the EU, the technology is certainly more advanced than on the roads.
@@mikeblatzheim2797 aye signalling is a difficult one to compare with other industries as there isn't a direct correlation but I agree with the comparison between some countries technology and safety systems. Although the oft-lauded high speed operations aren't always as high tech as people may think from the outside. Many high speed trains don't have condition based maintenance or algorithm-based diagnostics like some trains, road vehicles and plant equipment can have.
Airplane engineers........ hmmmmm..... interesting... can we do that?
Here in Nigeria, you must indicate to show the direction you wish to follow at the roundabout. If you wish to take the first exit, you indicate right on entry, but if you wish to take the second exit, you indicate left on entry, then indicate right as you approach exit number two. UK style style. Basically, you try your best to communicate your exit without causing a collision.
MAT IS RIGHT ABOUT THE INDICATOR, END OF DISCUSSION.
It gives so much more useful info to show other drivers you're staying on the roundabout.
0 to 50km/h of 25-ton truck is 11 sec.
Mat: "Not good for a car"
It was 11.4 sec tbh I wonder how it will do without all that load would be interesting
Imagine, the Tesla semi does 0-60 in 5 seconds without load and 20 seconds with 40 tons
@@tuurschellekens5385 Implying that the 2019 Tesla Semi will ever exist.
@@ChrisErwood technically it already exists, but you wouldnt understand it anyways. It's just not ready for production just yet, it wil next year probably. Tesla deniers have always been wrong
@@tuurschellekens5385 US tons or EU tonnes?
Excellent video. It would have been so interesting to give acceleration and braking figures for a diesel truck for comparison though
I’m a truck driver ,he’s bang on about indicating,always to leave ..even straight over. Just part of the training/test 🤷♂️
You def indicate on approach to roundabout as well as to leave. you are right Matt
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Enjoy!
Comming from NewZealand to Germany and being asked to indicate at a roundabout only when leaving, I had exactly Mats reaction. :D
Lool vibration through your bottom comment killed me😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Im from germany and im learning at mercedes all about this eacrtos XD it was in Wörth and i think its funny to see you there.
Never knew it is called a “Trick Computer”, interesting;)
It should be called a truckputer
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@@carwow lol
@@carwow surely a "tripometer"
Mat is watching you, someone is making fun of his accent 👀👀
Is the lucid air available for review yet?
If yes then it would be an epic video
In the Netherlands you indicate left when you take 3 quarter of the roundabout, and indicate right when leaving it. When going straight (2 quarter), don't indicate when entering and indicate when leaving. And when turning right (1 quarter) only indicate right when entering and leave the indicator on. At least that's what I learned when I passed my driving test 12 years ago. I also think it really helps the traffic flow!
In a roundabout if I have to take the third exit (go left) I use the left turn signal as I enter the roundabout, then the right one when I leave
Enjoyed this episode. Props to Marcel for tolerating everything :)
4:10 in Sweden I was taught that if you're going left in a roundabout you indicate left first to let the people coming from the opposite side know that you intend to stay in the roundabout, then when you go past the 2nd exit (4 exit roundabout for example) you change to indicate right to show that you're leaving the roundabout.
Exactly! So much better for the flow.
Maybe we learn it that way at driving schools. But there isn't actually any law about indicating before the roundabout. You are only required to indicate when you turn out.
Same as UK then! Yay Sweden, every other EU country is wrong! :D
Driving school taught me as law. Only need to indicate on leave
@@arvida4595 Even if you only have to indicate when leaving, it can't hurt to be indicating left when you're going left, all you're doing is showing people that you intend to stay in the roundabout for longer so they know to give you way.
Even if it isn't the law I'm always gonna keep doing it wherever I'm driving, cause the more information you can share to other drivers the better in my opinion.
here in canada (tho not a lot of people do it), we indicate when entering or exiting. Left if you are taking the third exit, right when taking the first, and no indicator when you are going straight aka. second exit.
In Sweden you are only required to indicate when you exit, however it is seen as a good practice to indicate left if you are staying in the roundabout.
“You would prefer this over a diesel one”
Laughs in Actros V8 Black Edition
That's still the coolest Actros of them all.
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I have no idea what that means.
@Big Dongle I also prefer Scania V8s but the Actros MP1 and MP2 was the golden era. Scania really came into play after 2010.
Officially is true, you only have to indicate when you’re gonna leave the roundabout but, in practice a lot of people do what Matt was doing for helping other drivers that you’re gonna stay in actually this helps a lot...
I’ve never seen this done on purpose on the road in Germany.
It doesn’t help because when your not using your indicator that is the indicator that your staying in the roundabout and once you leave you use the indicator so then people know you are leaving
I 100% agree. It's always a benefit for everybody in traffic to know what everybody else intends to do next... 👍 So indicate away 🤩
Do they really? I have had my German driving license since 1999, and I have never seen this happen here.
It is a thing they do in England but in Germany nobody does it and it’s also the false way of doing it here in germany
In the Netherlands you indicate when you enter. Also, to show people wanting to enter that you are staying on. Since I moved to Switzerland, I am very frustrated having to wait if people really leave the roundabout because they don't always indicate when they leave. So, Mat, well done for being stubborn about indicating before and on the roundabout!
I agree with you matt in the roundabout situation with your blinckers
When is Mat reviewing dogs? We can call it Bowwow
Yes he is right. It's only when you leave. Because of there's alot of exits your indicator cannot say 4th exit. So you only indicate when you approach the exit you're about to take.
MAtt a true Patriot. Just when the UK needed Truckers he reviews a truck to revive the enthusiasm for Trucks
In Hungary according to the highway code you only need to indicate when you leave the roundabout. Although in reality it doesn't really matter if you indicate left as long as you indicate right when leaving and your signals aren't confusing to other drivers. Personally I would use the left indicator if I'm turning around in the roundabout, so the person at the 3rd (or left) exit knows that I want to leave where I came from.
That lane departure warning sound made me thing my pc crashed for a moment.😂
4:00 in Poland is the same. Only when you leave, not when you enter
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Hi Mat, I picked up on the signalling thing, in my opinion he is correct because you must turn left to join all roundabouts in continental Europe!, therefore there is not need to indicate your intention. The counter argument is that since in the UK the 'book' says you should always indicate to signal all changes of direction but that implies you should be signalling as you turn all corners, that would be a bit silly. In England I signal left or right at all roundabouts depending on which way I want to proceed, so signal right until I approach the exit I want. The only important point being to ensure that I do so well in good time!, the purpose being to signal to other drivers what I am intending to do, not what I am doing!. Cheers, Richard.
In Denmark (I would assume it’s the same in Germany) you signal before coming into the roundabout if you take the first exit. If you are taking another exit you only signal before taking that exit
No way on gods green earth, was that legal. That was a 26t truck. Prior to 97 he can drive upto 7.5t
In the UK, true .. but are licence requirements different in the UK?
Can someone with a car licence drive a bigger vehicle? 🤷🏼♂️
Correct. This was legal only if Marcel was certified instructor.
What an amazing review😂
That video was awesome my verdict is to go right ahead an buy it😄
4:15 example for roundabout: if you plan leave it in the 3rd exit start indicate to left in the EU or to right in th UK and when you aproach your exit then switch to the opposite indicator. Thats how I get trained when I do my licence. If you leave it on the 2nd exit only indicate when you leave it and if you leave it at the 1st straight start indicate for leave thats how you notice other drivers you will leave the roundabout. As I kwon.