February 22nd 2008
Semi-Truck Skid Test Video
An interesting video was posted by the Atlanta Injury Law & Civil Litigation Blog showing the braking characteristics of the front cab of a semi-truck that is driving without pulling a trailer. Here in Washington you can often see trailer-less semi truck cabs driving around to and from the Port of Seattle or Port of Tacoma.
The video shows a skidding test for a trailer-less semi-truck cab on a wet road. The results seem to indicated a predictable, repeatable and unsafe result.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=584OPjR2dw0[/youtube]
Another reason to give semi-trucks more room when driving on busy Seattle highways during our wet winters.
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