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- Just like consumer cars have to undergo crash testing, so do commercial semitrucks. While some of these tests are the same that production cars undergo, others are designed specifically for trucks. Thanks to trucking companies like Volvo and Scania as well as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, safety standards for these trucks are only improving.
Correction: In the video, we said that the trucks weighed 120 tons. The trucks are 8 to 12 tons and crashed at speeds of 30 to 50 miles per hour. We regret the error. Thank you.
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0:36 Me in ETS 2
Then the tow truck takes you back where you started from...
@@brianjones8899 😂😂
So true my friend
Very bizarre that underride protection isn't required in the US, but having a backup camera is required in cars no matter the size.....
That is interesting, especially since the U.S is usually more strict on road related safety laws (or atleast from what i've seen)
@@Surrenitie that's heavily debateable.
especially since highways in the EU have almost everywhere barriers, so it is difficult for a vehicle to get into oncoming traffic there and loads more stuff
the rear underrun protection in supposed to stop cars, but the side ones are quite flimsy as their just supposed to stop pedestrians and cyclists from going under the wheels if there is a collision (the difference between small injuries and almost certain death) I really don't think there are very many cases of cars going under the side of trailers and having the necessary amount of strength would add a lot of weight to the trailer
@Achronic Deth The backup camera law went into effect on May 2, 2018. The federal regulation requires that all new vehicles are required to have back up cameras and video displays.
@@Surrenitie lol us is a third world country from all their political lobbying. The backup camera companies payed of the politicals to pass the law.
As a diesel mechanic I can tell you just stand clear of any semi trucks and trailers, you’d be amazed what goes unfixed or unnoticed.
As a non-diesel mechanic, that's kind of obvious
I guess you are talking about the third world country called United States of America. In many European countries there are yearly safety inspections of all cars and trucks.
@@thenorthernhandyman Third world country?
@@Aman-fv5if yes non developed country.
@@thenorthernhandyman The US is a developed country, I mean we have made some of the most advanced and most world wide used airliner, Airbus and Boeing, those are American companies. Tesla is an American company, our military often protects the innocent in wars they aren't even involved. Only bad thing about our country is the idiots who run and live in it. Take away the idiots and you got a pretty advanced country
A lot of crashing going on here..
Yeaaaaa
Lmao you've commented in every video which shows something related to tesla
I’m not surprised you’re here
No shit sherlock
Wham Baam what are doing here man
Interesting video, though a 120 ton truck is oversized. The maximum Gross Combination Weight for most standard European trucks is 44-46 tons.
About the same here in Canada with Btrains maxing out at 62.5tons (138000lbs)
In Sweden and Finland, we have up to 80 tons and 74 tons, respectively
European countries are also a lot smaller in size compared to the US. there isnt really a need for large tractors to be rolling around espeically with a lesser population needed to serve
@@yeeyeediesel2273 can't tell if you're trolling or not? Europe has a larger area about double the population of US.
Also your average US Class A CDL has a maximum GCW of 36.25t (or 80,000lbs if you speak illogical ~imperial~) less than your typical 44t in Europe.
And I can't imagine a bull-nose/American style tractor is easier to manoeuvre than a European cab-over style tractor.
probably meant 12 tons
Volvo and scania, two Swedish automotive companies obsessed with passenger safety. If only more companies were like them!
Also, don’t forget Saab, when it was around!
2:50 a semi truck averages 38T, not 120T. That's the weight of a diesel locomotive. I was a truck driver for 3 years in the US, and I can say from experience that the DOT needs to improve greatly
44 tonne in Europe 🇪🇺
@@fastasfox Max gross weight for our regular truck and trailer combinations here in Sweden are up to 74 metric tonnes (163000lbs), on class 4 roads. They're usually 8x4 trucks pulling 5-axle full trailers (trailer with dolly in the front). Even a regular 6x2 truck with 4-axle trailer, with a max weight of 64 metric tonnes (141000lbs) has a load capacity of around 38-42 metric tonnes (roughly 84k to 93k lbs).
3:00 if your doing that for us Americans. The crash test dummies definitely need to have more of a belly.
you think that people in europe driving these trucks aren't thick well your wrong
@@miles5600 fr but I’ve been driving for 2.5 yrs an only gained about five pounds but I have a very high metabolism also I have a igloo fridge an don’t stuff my face with fast food everyday an I’m American too I know right hard to believe 😂😂😎 jk have a good day all 😎
It depends on which American, I do get your joke is funny though.
Thanks to Europeans to even think about crash test of Trucks rest of the world don't even care
They have to be crash tested if they will be sold, europe, usa, or anywhere else.
@@human-npc5523 well that's I am saying It's the Euro standards which has forced to do so and thanks to Volvo & scania that they take testing soo far ahead
@Ducati Monster well intresting then despite more testing are done in Europe ... Well Volvo & scania sells there trucks everywhere so I don't think that's the reason
You mean the Swedes?
@Ducati Monster I would say though that i wouldn't be suprised though if EU trucks pass that 110km/h test with flying colors. In fact some cabovers sold in the US are just rebranded EU trucks, but cabovers, that is not a popular segment in the US.
Talk about an underappreciated and overlooked profession. God bless these people.
1:54 I feel so bad for the mannequin.
Quality infomercial there, thoroughly enjoyed.
Great Video when can't fall Asleep, must bookmark it so it can help me doze off when I need some sleep.
120 ton trucks?
more like 40 t (metric of course)
@@patricktho6546 Not even that, the Truck alone has about 7-10 tons.
@@julinator1020 I was refering to the whole "train". So the trailer and the vehicle pulling it. So even with a full trailer there is a 40 t max and therefore it can't be 120 t
@@patricktho6546NO, they do quads down in the mine, I’ve personally specced a Scania with 120t gcm
@@joshcook8586 legally in the EU 40 metric tons are the max for a standard semi with trailer. Everything more with that system and you need special permits, have to drive slower, take only soecial, prechecked routes etc.
I hope these kind of tests are implemented around the world. For example, in Cambodia everyone can drive their junk on the road without any safety countermeasures.
That's pretty cool
I dream of being a crash test engineer, I get to watch cars crash! but I'm sure that there is some technical work that goes along with it.
I say go for it and do something u know you'll love
It's wonderful.
4:47 Woah ok ok man you don't have to split on me like that lol
120 ton who made that number up
I LOVE trucks!
Cool ✌
On April 15, 2014 my dads 60 year old cousin died in a commercial truck crash. He was hauling fertilizer in Salem, South Dakota when the front tire blew out. My dads cousin lost control of the truck and went over the center line into the ditch and the rolled over several times until he hit a bunch of trees. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Good old volvo and Scania
👌
4:47 The crash video crashed itself in honor of the vehicles that crashed.
Thank you Volvo and Scania for making the safe truck.
At 2:50 you said that these trucks weight 120 tons. That is incorrect since by law they cannot accede 40 tons with a load included (Unless you have a heavy hauler license). The average cab weights about 15 tons (Or 33k pounds)
In austrailia they do 200t max with scania’s and volvos.
Can’t believe u hv only 90k subs
Nice
Thank you Jane Mansfield 😘
Ouch!
as a hardcore scania fan it was kinda hard to watch scania trucks getting slowly destroyed
they emphasized on the american saftey but then more than half of all the trucks they showed aren't even sold in america in that style anymore
I was thinking the same thing
Because American shit actually is not tested short of one VNR we saw being tested but that's Volvo for you with safety first mentality. The only company to offer safety air bag on a Class 8.
How do you control the semi’s and the car’s
120 tons. Try explaining that to Barney Fyffe of the Connecticut DOT. The fine would be larger than the GDP of Europe.
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- Å fan!
Those trucks are enjoying in the thumbnail
Looking at the crash dummies move in slow motion is so scary.
It looks like impending agony and physio too! 😂
Trucks in 3020: Using the old swedish test to ensure the driver survives falling from outer space
Is this Daven Hiskey commentating?! Sounds just like him!
Wow
Whoever did your research should really do a 3rd or even a 4th fact check. No standard road truck is 120 tons, even with a loaded trailer, in the U.S specifically, they aren’t legally allowed to go over 40, trailer and cargo included.
Also, trailer underride barriers are mandated but good luck enforcing those safety protocols.
Check my account bro
I'm assuming that is 40 short tons? Should specify if it's not metric units, else metric units are assumed.
@@AlexKall I see where your confusion is, but I did mention the U.S.A, and while we do use the metric system here, I am talking about short tuns. Even then, the measurement is still a max of 36 Metric tons, which is nowhere near the numbers they were talking about. To go over 40 tons you need permits.
1:54 That looks so painful!
I just got a ad about truck before watching truck being crash tested lol
They didn't test out the tesla semi?
The trucks don't weigh 120 tons. Some can pull that much but that is not what they weigh. Think it through.
0:00 reminds me of Goats ramming each other
Too bad they weren’t dodge trucks
Un camión de estos nunca podrá pesar 120 tons. Por más que coma en McDonald's todos los dias
now i understand why there are guards on the trailers...
What do you do?
I crash trucks, crash cars into trucks, slam steel weights into trucks, and shove trucks off big hills.
That is a job even Michael Bay could be jealous of.
Scania di Indonesia sangat hebat👍
2:51. 120 ton trucks? Fact check this please. Dope video tho.
I wanna see bumpcars crash test
Anyone who ets2 TMP knows what happens if the damage was realistic in the game
i have ATS but i was still laughing at the truck crashes
@@gb.03 traffic cars have infinite mass 😂 you hit them on highway speeds and your truck still going to a full stop
in the thumbnail of this video the two trucks look like there kissing lol
120 ton trucks ?! thats like 300.000 lbs
You said 120 ton trucks
I'm never driving a low car again
850 drivers annually sounds like a lot, but it's a very low number in reality. How about stop driving under trailers? Why should I pay thousands of dollars per trailer to protect someone else from their own bad decisions?
Also, don't forget to mention that over 70% of truck-car accidents in the US are caused by the car. That stat is often overlooked.
"These 120 TON trucks"...what "120 ton" trucks. Those trucks weigh around 7 ton fully equipped, even with a trailer and a full load, most weigh under 80 ton
Looks like trucks and trailers are reinforced because they look more durable than regular cars that hit them
I see the gap between “CAR insider” and trucks... you clearly don’t understand the definition of “semi truck” (which itself isn’t a formal terminology)...
They could redesign the chassis to incorporate the batteries in a much more secure n safer way bit that would be too expensive for a international corporation
Yeah I presumed they would be within the chassis rails. It's not like they need the space for a gearbox and full length driveshaft, just mount the motor near the rear axle, batteries in front.
@@eyesodd And what about brake components and other attachment machinery like dump truck hydraulic pistons? And just putting batteries between the rails won't yield the desired reach.
@@florichi Brake components like most vehicles would be in the usual place behind the wheel hubs. Yeah fair enough on tippers, but I was thinking more about box trucks. What do you mean by desired reach? Surely batteries can go anywhere, you just need longer cables.
@@eyesodd with desired reach i ment the distance it can go on a charge. If you only Put batteries in safe spaces the milage will surely won't be enough.
And as you saw in the video the engineers know how to protect that stuff
Just imagine ur car is between the both trucks
Quite often with those under run rails there are bolts removed so that mechanics can get access for maintenance then the rails are just folded back in place.. it looks the same but the rails would simply fold out of the way in an impact if those bolts arnt replaced. And many drivers do not pay any attention to those things during their daily checks. ☝️😐
Correction: the dummies simulate human male bodies. It's not a nitpick because women's bodies are shaped just differently enough to affect how the safety devices, like seat belts perform.
they got female dummies too
Half a million semi accidents??
I like trucks
I like men
2:45 The Safest Semi
Truck
Nice Volvo
Deberían hacer videos pero traducidos
Ik turning on the captions help
trucks in the US are not shaped like that...
its probably because in US semis arent limited by max lenght (truck+trailer) like in EU so they take more cargo in back over long "nose" and US truck drivers dont like cab over that mutch i guess :D
The best safety device is a wide awake high IQ skilled driver all the care by government makes people weak of mind and body
120 ton trucks ?!
why does everyone suddenly have a lisp?
I always felt like semi trucks look big and strong but are made out of papier-mâché
weird how these trucks look safer than american trucks
So us truckers have to add more weight to carry less freight, have low trailer clearance risking hang ups on railway crossings, and sacrifice maneuverability all because people in cars keep getting dumber and dumber every year...? Sounds about right.
Finally someone else gets it
A cabover has no front end and thus no crumple zone. How is this safe in a crash?
The front of a cabover is a wall with the driver on the otherside.
In a front crash, the crash is too close to the driver, and nothing inbetween the crash and the driver. The same goes for busses with no front end.
Most crash here in Philippines causes death because of this no other structure or rather bumper space to prevent death
2:49 120 tonnes? More like 9,5 without a trailer, like in the tests.
Why can’t they put the battery where the engine would go? Surely the motors could go closer to the axles rather than leaving the engine space empty?
I think the batteries go in both places.
I didn’t know Scania is basically a VW…
VW also own MAN
It's not. But it's owned by the same owner.
I was in an head on semi on semi accident 3 days ago. God was watching over me.
0:01 those trucks kissed each other lmao. True love ehh
120 tons for a truck?!?!?! Yeah right...
The fine at the coop was larger than the GDP of some countries.
4:45 wow the crash was so hard it glitched the video
You mean 44 ton
Tesla semi: write that down.
.......when two trucks go to war....
First, i wanna see a 120 ton semi tractor!! Second, those test are not very realistic. Where is the trailer?
The thumbnail look like the trucks are aggressively kissing each other.
Not 1 of them trucks weighed 120 tons
No, but one loaded truck can weigh 32 ton + 38 tons for the carriage.
2 of those trucks fronting each other is totally of 160 tons.
But we have a road between Malmö and Gothenburg, allowing a max of 80-ton weight per truck.
Yes thats true the heaviest average lorry we get is a 6 axled semi an that only tops out at 44 tons
Some of the larger Scanias are sold in Australia with 120 gcm rating to haul road trains.
I heard semi but it wasn't semi
Semi trucks do not weight 125 tons without a trailer.
even with them it would be a Convoi Eceptionelle
40 (metric) tons are the max without special papers in the EU
We need more stringent international regulations for safety. Especially buses are weak and city buses usually don't have any kind of crash safety for their drivers.
God those cabover trucks look appalling
You said 120 ton trucks...? I don't think semis weigh THAT much....
120 tonnes is only a 3 trailer road train.
@@Bnsbeaver 120 tons is 240,000 pounds, because one ton is 2000 pounds, and the average semi weighs, (with a trailer) 35,000 pounds. That not even close to 120 tons.
Half a million in the us alone
Cuts to clip of uk truck crash
Why are there semi trucks they’re so dangerous if you hit them on the side without barriers
There are semi trucks to transport goods.
Volkswagen may own Scania, but it's still Swedish to its core.
Volvo Trucks is 100% Swedish.
Go 🇸🇪!
Volvo cars are Chinese ( Geely)
@@zenko247 And even if Chinese Geely owns Volvo Cars, it’s still quite Swedish.
Geely's development company CEVT is located in Gothenburg Sweden
It's like saying German Industrial Robot Manufacturer is Chinese only because Chinese company Midea bought it some years ago.
If Geely left Sweden, Volvo, Polestar, Lync & Co would be watered down.
If buying a company only to change it is a waste of capital, why not build a new company from the ground up?
Like Xpeng & Nio.
@@magnuslarsson337 That is very true.
@@zenko247 Volvo Trucks and Volvo cars are entirely different companies so that doesn't matter. Volvo Trucks is fully Swedish owned.
@@MrVicedude I know, I never mentioned Volvo trucks