Underride guards on tractor trailers prove ineffective for sedans

[RGTorque]

cant imagine this in a 7...

 

[Automoda]

So who is in charge of this 'requirement' and 'regulation'? I've always known those flimsy things wouldnt stop even some motorcycles just by looking at it. So the government required them and never took two seconds to look at it or test it? You'd think the cops would raise the alarm every time they pull another car out from under a truck. And they now have millions of defective bumpers out there. But nobody will be fired.

[xcarguy]

Now that's gotta' hurt! :ack: Driver actually survived this!

[lucky dawg]

So who is in charge of this 'requirement' and 'regulation'? I've always known those flimsy things wouldnt stop even some motorcycles just by looking at it. So the government required them and never took two seconds to look at it or test it? You'd think the cops would raise the alarm every time they pull another car out from under a truck. And they now have millions of defective bumpers out there. But nobody will be fired.

 

Did you not listen to the video? Eight of eight trailers tested (3 times each) passed the test for a straight on hit in the center. Seven of the eight passed the partial offset test. The only problem were impacts on the edge of the trailer. This type of contact is very rare. The photo from xcarguy shows how well these guards work.

[Automoda]

I saw the video. I know they 'passed'. I also know you don't have to be an engineer to figure that the bars on the edges will do nothing useful in a crash. So they technically passed, but only because an idiot set up the test. I suppose if I had an oil tanker, and I had to do a crash test with an ice berg, and they said that the ice berg would hit exactly 30 meters from the bow, I could make my oil tankers safe by only putting a double hull on the area 30 meters from the bow. Its great logic. Great way to build regulations and keep people in society safe. After all it makes great sense putting triple trailer rigs on the same roads as motorcycles and VW Bugs, and then designing the backs of the trailers to decapitate anyone that hits one. I consider it yet another marvel of modern government. Because now that it has passed the 'test', it is hard to sue the manufacturers when your daughter is cut in half by one. This would be different if there were no test and no regulation at all. And if the bumpers were actually safe, it also wouldnt be an issue.