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Jobsworth driver
On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:33:10 +0000
Charles Ellson wrote: On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 21:00:07 -0000 (UTC), Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: Other than airport vehicles which have to fit under things, it's all for the same reason - quick and easy access of people (be they staff or passengers) into the vehicle. Many airport vehicles tend to have equipment/structures which overhang the cab. The great majority of refuse vehicles have conventional height cabs including ones built by Dennis. AFAIR entry/egress is not necessarily easier as the design causes the wheel arch to intrude into the rear of the cab doorway and thus reduces the available width at the bottom in what in photographs seems to be the shorter of two cab lengths. Photographs also show that the rear door pillar is often forward of the rear of the driver's seat thus preventing exiting by simply turning through 90deg and stepping out. Unlike in the railway industry - when road rules are made the driver is the last person considered. In the USA truck drivers get nice large cabs and a long bonnet thats a useful crumple zone in a crash. In the EU with its dumb overall length rules the tractor unit and hence cab is made as short as possible so the trailer can be as long as possible in the rules. So all there is between you and whatever you hit is the windscreen and dashboard. Doesn't matter if its a car, it does if its another lorry or a tree. |
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