American Reacts to Why European and American Trucks are so Different

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  @Thecat1962-h8p · 2 years ago

  American vehicles are generally completely outdated compared to European rides

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• TH

  @thierryf67 · 2 years ago (edited)

  he forgot to say that the safety regulation in Europe demand to take care of the people in front of the truck, not only the driver.

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• ME

  @mej6519 · 2 years ago

  A 25 year old scania is 30 years ahead of current modern amercian trucks.

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• KH

  @kharnynb · 2 years ago

  you can&apos;t drive a us-style conventional truck in most of europe due to the massive turning circle and blindspots they have. <br>The safety argument was weird too, it completely forgot the safety of anyone except the trucker.

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• NO

  @norbertzillatron3456 · 2 years ago

  Another video explained that EU regulations limit the total length including the size of the truck, while US regulations only specify the length of the freight. Thus, there is a strong incentive to keep the truck as short as possible in the EU to maximize the possible length for the cargo.

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• ON

  @onehandcowboy · 2 years ago

  In my opinion, what they have forgotten is road safety. European trucks can see what&apos;s right in front of them, American trucks have that view blocked by that big bonnet.

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• SZ

  @szabados1980 · 2 years ago (edited)

  It&apos;s a myth that there&apos;s &quot;nothing between you and what you hit other then the windscreen&quot; in European and British lorries. There&apos;s always a formidable bunch of energy absorbers in front of the driver&apos;s cab. They don&apos;t push a battleship around but they&apos;ve got enough to take a hit. Also, the engine isn&apos;t in front of the driver so it never gets smashed into his face in case of a collision.

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• JE

  @jessgibson4790 · 2 years ago

  Canada don&apos;t allow European trucks imported to be younger than 15 years old, the US limit is 25 years. That&apos;s why yours are so old fashioned. This results from the manufacturers having no reason &nbsp;to do better.

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• WA

  @WaechterDerNacht · 2 years ago

  I &nbsp;always think it&apos;s funny when such videos bring arguments like: &quot;parts availability is better on an US truck...&quot; - well, good luck finding parts for them here in europe ^^

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• TE

  @terryhayward7905 · 2 years ago

  I do NOT agree with American trucks being safer in a crash, in a full frontal crash, the engine will be rammed into the drivers compartment, in a European truck, the safety of air bags and crash avoidance systems make them safer than American trucks.

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• GU

  @GunnarCreutz · 2 years ago

  Scania and Volvo are Swedish brands.

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• DI

  @dirkmunk8352 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Many mistakes in that video. <br> <br>It starts with the opening picture of that red European truck and the silver American truck. The European truck appears to be much smaller. Actually it is much higher, as you can see by looking at the wheels. The wheels of both trucks are about the same size, but on the picture the wheels of the European truck are much smaller. <br> <br>All American trucks brands except for Paccar (Kenworth &amp; Peterbilt) are owned by European companies. International is owned by Traton SE, the bus and truck division of Volkswagen. The European truck brands MAN and Scania are also owned by Traton. <br> <br>Mack is owned by Volvo. Western Star and Freightliner are owned by Mercedes-Benz. <br> <br>Except for Cummins, all American trucks engines are based on European designs. Paccar engines were designed by DAF (Paccar Europe), Detroit engines are based on Mercedes engines, and as far as I know International engines are based on MAN engines. <br> <br>The actual cabs of European trucks are bigger, the separate sleeper behind the cab of a U.S. truck makes it bigger. Because of the length restrictions in Europe, such a long cab is often not possible. However, the Scania Longliner had a huge cab ! <br> <br>European trucks have an immensely strong steel cab that can be pushed backwards on the frame with special energy absorbing mounts, in case of a collision. The cab itself certainly has a crumple zone as well. &nbsp;U.S. trucks have a rather flimsy cab, on the clip of the crash test you can see how the cab of the blue U.S. truck breaks loose from the frame, and moves forward !! I don’t think you would like to be decapitated by the hood of a U.S. truck entering the cab through the wind shield. Many American truckers are owner-operators, they have to take care of their own medical insurance. European truckers are usually employed by trucking companies, when they are wounded in a crash, their employers often have to pay their wages for the time they are recovering. A very good incentive to produce save trucks.

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