switchlogic:
It always warns you first and in the scenario you mention it’s very unlikely to see a non existent on a motorway. I’ve found it works well in most cases
My experience too. On the false positives going under bridges you get the alarm flashing and very occassionally you’ll feel a small dab on the brakes but its only momentary and the faster you’re going the less it does as it detects a clear situation quicker.
When someone cuts in too close it usually does nothing because it detects that they’re pulling away from you so no need to apply the brake. It only puts on the brakes if they cut in and they’re going slower than you such as someone coming off a motorway sliproad but thinking about it I cannot think of one single time it has ever done anything when an overtaking lorry has pulled in in front of me.
I have however had it slam on when it shouldn’t have and that was on the old A1 near Scotch Corner where the Little Chef was. Someone had slowed down and was turning into the Little Chef sliproad. No action required on my part because by the time I got there at the current speed I was going the car would have been well clear of the carriageway but the AEBS system disagreed and anchored up. Had someone been following me as close as I see some doing on the motorway they’d have hit me. If anything the shortcomings of the DAF AEBS system has taught me how it is even MORE important to leave a suitable gap nowadays with all these systems than it was before because you never know where one may decide to yank on the anchors completely out of the blue.
Winseer:
Didn’t the guy filming say that his car was the one on the hard shoulder at the start of the vid?
I don’t think you’d be so quick to film something like this, if you were actually one of those impacted.
The way the outside people are behaving, looks like a mixture of shock and curiosity. It’s almost as if they’re trying to look inside to see the crushed bodies that might well be in both the car and the final french truck.
He said " this is the car …and this is the one that drove ahead…"
Dutch drivers refer to their truck as their car (dat is mijn auto…). So I presume he is the driver of the blue daf.
I wasn’t aware of referring to one’s truck as one’s car. I guess it’s the English equivalent of “That’s my Motor” then, which can take either meaning?
It looks as it is filmed just after it happened and they do not realise the seriousness of the facts yet.
It was a sunny day and according to some newspapers it is possible the low sun might be a reason for the accident.
If you look at the shadows on the ground in the video, it is a possibility.
Whatever reason, it is a very sobering video.
Sobering video indeed. Was there ever actually any “News Followup” with it in the local press?
Found this from a Belgian paper, harrowing pictures sudinfo.be/id38059/article/2 … r-le19-les
Usual comments at the bottom, like in England, from the anti truck lobbyists. But in French, of course
switchlogic:
It always warns you first and in the scenario you mention it’s very unlikely to see a non existent on a motorway. I’ve found it works well in most cases
My experience too. On the false positives going under bridges you get the alarm flashing and very occassionally you’ll feel a small dab on the brakes but its only momentary and the faster you’re going the less it does as it detects a clear situation quicker.
When someone cuts in too close it usually does nothing because it detects that they’re pulling away from you so no need to apply the brake. It only puts on the brakes if they cut in and they’re going slower than you such as someone coming off a motorway sliproad but thinking about it I cannot think of one single time it has ever done anything when an overtaking lorry has pulled in in front of me.
I have however had it slam on when it shouldn’t have and that was on the old A1 near Scotch Corner where the Little Chef was. Someone had slowed down and was turning into the Little Chef sliproad. No action required on my part because by the time I got there at the current speed I was going the car would have been well clear of the carriageway but the AEBS system disagreed and anchored up. Had someone been following me as close as I see some doing on the motorway they’d have hit me. If anything the shortcomings of the DAF AEBS system has taught me how it is even MORE important to leave a suitable gap nowadays with all these systems than it was before because you never know where one may decide to yank on the anchors completely out of the blue.
The scenario you mention about a car in front slowing then getting on the slip used to happen to me in a 16 plate actros. As you say, you know it’s all ok because by the time you’ve got to the car it’ll be gone but the truck thought otherwise. Used to ■■■■ me up when it slammed on. I can see the point of it but FFS…
Winseer:
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I wasn’t aware of referring to one’s truck as one’s car. I guess it’s the English equivalent of “That’s my Motor” then, which can take either meaning?
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Sobering video indeed. Was there ever actually any “News Followup” with it in the local press?
“My motor” is a good comparison (your dutch is improving ) .
It was in all newspapers the following day, but as in britain, they contradict each other.
In the link from Pierrot they say it happened 19.30 h, but it happened at 4.30 pm.
I got a phone call from a collegue at 4.45, telling me to take the Bergen op Zoom route, and listening to the radio, they mentioned the low sun.
That theory was repeated in a few newspapers the next day, but it was stressed it needed further investigation.
Winseer:
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I wasn’t aware of referring to one’s truck as one’s car. I guess it’s the English equivalent of “That’s my Motor” then, which can take either meaning?
…
Sobering video indeed. Was there ever actually any “News Followup” with it in the local press?
“My motor” is a good comparison (your dutch is improving ) .
It was in all newspapers the following day, but as in britain, they contradict each other.
In the link from Pierrot they say it happened 19.30 h, but it happened at 4.30 pm.
I got a phone call from a collegue at 4.45, telling me to take the Bergen op Zoom route, and listening to the radio, they mentioned the low sun.
That theory was repeated in a few newspapers the next day, but it was stressed it needed further investigation.
Definitely conflicting reports : Une voiture, avec deux personnes à bord, a été pulvérisée entre deux camions.
Here they say that there were 2 in the car that was crushed, if so then it would be 3 dead, to include the French routier
pierrot 14:
Definitely conflicting reports : Une voiture, avec deux personnes à bord, a été pulvérisée entre deux camions.
Here they say that there were 2 in the car that was crushed, if so then it would be 3 dead, to include the French routier
Sud press even contradict themselves
In the header: ce lundi matin (in the morning )
In the text: l’ accident c’est produit vers 19h30 ( the accident happened around 19h 30 )
Belgian journalism about the same dazzling hights as british press
pierrot 14:
Definitely conflicting reports : Une voiture, avec deux personnes à bord, a été pulvérisée entre deux camions.
Here they say that there were 2 in the car that was crushed, if so then it would be 3 dead, to include the French routier
Sud press even contradict themselves
In the header: ce lundi matin (in the morning )
In the text: l’ accident c’est produit vers 19h30 ( the accident happened around 19h 30 )
Belgian journalism about the same dazzling hights as british press
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