I got my first Volvo in 1981 It was an F10. This was after driving Leyland . Foden ,ERF , Atkinson . It was like being in a different world even then . My truck had 16 speed, Air conditioning . An amazing heater and a bed. They were so far in front every driver in the UK wanted them They have evolved far more by now . Im 72 years old now and would love to be still driving them.
This system saved me from wild boar once in my Volvo V70 2014, I saw them and I braked, what I thought was the hardest it could, but the safety system kicked in and damn it really used them brakes 110%.
12:40 - Yeah in that kind of test (speeding into a short immovable object) they clearly just want the cab to come off as a solid unit to reduce the g-forces that the driver experiences, if it would actually stop you then you would get such a massive kick that the safety belt is going to pretty much be having the opposite effect, trucks don't come with 4-6 point belts like race-cars, but technically they carry way more energy because of all that weight, that energy needs to go somewhere.
the truck you see hit the bollard is for crumble zone testing. they want things to go under the cab and not upwards piercing the driver. same as on cars. most cars push down and to the side.
13:13 yes the cab is supposed to detach and its supposed to stay rigid or whatever you want to call it all the way through the crash for driver safety.
We had terror-attacks with trucks in Europe (driving a truck into public events). These poles/ballads are anti terror barriers and designed to withstand a truck.
It's mandatory for Europe. Not only Sweden. Europe has high safety-standards when it comes to other traffic. Like guards on the side of trucks/trailers to prevent pedestrians and cyclists from getting under the wheels.
@@gimble447 yes it is, it started after the terrorist attack in stockholm some years ago when a terriorist drew a truck into people and killing several.
It is important that a bomb truck driver survives even after the crash. How else are you supposed to conduct an interrogation? You can't make ground meat talk, even with water boarding. *sarcasm off*
The most deadly accident we had was when a truck runs up full speed into a standing ques and smash a car to another truck. Volvo developed and patented the 3 point safety belt. But then gave the patent free for all.
Both Swedish truck makers have a long and well-established history when it comes to building automotive vehicles and a lot of their high standards stem from just how bad the winter roads get in these Northerly countries. Volvo and Saab/Scania has to work twice as hard as many others in their fields to help ensure that their vehicles were able to withstand the bitterly cold temperatures and environmental that is the case during the Scandinavian winters. The knock-on effect was a very high standard and that is seen in the quality of vehicles these two truck manufacturers are able to produce. Volvo are known to build the most powerful trucks and buses/coaches in the world. I also believe that Scania are owned by a German company these days so you can be assured of very good standards there. Volvo and the Daimler Group (Mercedes Benz) are also in partnership to develop hydrogen powered vehicles.
The weight drop test at around 8:50 ... The 'truck bed' they drop the weight into - I built those 'buckets' for 8 years, and was even a part of the team developing that model.. called ZD4. :)
8:55 I appreciate the effort they put into developing good mountings for engines and gearboxes, but there's always that one excavator operator that makes it his life mission to ruin every single truck he lays his eyes upon.
I drive a next gen scania here in the uk and one of the best crash protection features is the way the cab is designed to release from the chassis upon heavy impact to protect the driver. You can see it in some of these videos, especially the crew cab front impact clip.
9:55 DAF is owned by PACCAR and PACCAR also own the American truck brands Kenworth and Peterbilt so same engine and spare parts and same automatic transmission
At least in Germany the emergency braking system is mandatory in new trucks for several years now. For one or two years it's also installed in new passenger vehicles
I think the crash you see at 12:50 with the DAF destruction should proove on the one hand that the driver will be protected from beeing impaled from below, but on the other hand that pillar looks pretty similar to the terror defence systems we use in many european countries to protects pedestrian zones or important facilities from weaponized vehicles
Yes and also that pillar going forward will let the kinetic energy disperse for passenger survival. Otherwise you would have a non compatible life g force
More trivia. Volvo cars and Volvo (trucks, heavy equipment, busses etcetera) have nothing in common nowadays except the name. Well, maybe the safety doctrine.
Yeah, Volvo AB is still Swedish whereas Volvo Cars was sold to Ford and then to Geely and is now owned to like 90% by Geely and the rest being traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange with some major Swedish institutional investors such as retirement funds
It's nice seing you giving recognition to the Volvo Trucks. I work at Volvo in Sweden and I've worked with both processing of the cylinder heads and the assembly of the 13L engines. You should check out the videos from the factories, it's an awesome watch!
4:00 The one problem with those systems, are other drivers that cut sharp into your line after they did overtake you. The truck will react with an emergency brake.
I've learned about it few months ago and I really try to sort myself carefuly back in front of trucks and leave more space then I used to just to make lives of truck drivers just a tad easier and avoid startling this automatic system.
@@mortisCZ The "rule of thumb" i learned in driving school, is that you should wait until you see the light bars of the car/truck in the INTERIOR rerview mirror before you go back into the right lane, so you have the proper distance.
You can overrule the system if you actually are interested in your truck and read the manual. With my truck I need to press the kick down on my gas pedal or steer. But most truck drivers are to dumb or stupid or lazy to do that.
Answer to the DAF truck section, yes its what they want it to do. If you go from 60 to a sudden stop = dead person. As internal organs keep travelling at 60. if you go from 60 - 0 over a longer duration, with a few bumps where the cell is fully padded with airbags its a lesser internal injury for the crew. Yes it will hurt more, but you are alive!
Keep in mind euro truck cabs are on 4 suspension points and tilt forward for engine access. They rip off fairly easily compared to a solid bolt connection
@@zoolkhan manual gear shifter in neutral, check for lose items that damage the windshield when they fall forward. all clear start pumping. and voila easy access to all around the engine. makes it very nice to work on. yeah I can say I very much like that fact. but I worked on more cars than semi trucks. so yup cramped spaces
These emergency brake system (EBS) its something else. I did a safety training with a special prepared tankertruck that can tip over. It was impossible to tip it over til 50km/h and with a emergency stop even with 50 tons it stops on a dime. This training was to make you aware that its your mind that tells you you cant brake that hard but the tech can. It was surreal
First Volvo, especcialy all F16 and Fh 16; this bis 16 ltr Engin with 750 HP and more tham 3000 nm, ist the King in Europa, since 1987, greatings from minich
DAF is a Dutch car brand. They invented the variomatic transmission. The first DAF cars with variomatic transmission could drive as fast in reverse as in drive! For a while in the 1970s and 1980s there were reversing races in the Netherlands, where you had to drive a car in reverse through a motocross circuit, and obviously DAF cars excelled at that sport. The car division of the brand was taken over by Volvo and the DAF line was continued in models like the Volvo 340 and 460 so later models like the Volvo C30 and V40 could also be seen as DAF offspring. DAF Trucks continued on its own though and still exists.
Almost all truck brands offer safety systems on their newest models, some offer them as standard and some niche or very cheap brands don't even have any. DAF is part of PACCAR, which also manufactures Kenworh and Peterbilt trucks in the US. The base design of the DAF XF truck is actually quite old: it was introduced in 1997 and had seen many improvements over time. The XF's design is an evolution of its predecessor (the DAF 95) introduced in 1987! Last year, a completely new series of XF, XG and XG+ have been introduced to replace the XF series you see in the video.
And then there is Edison Motors, who even brags about that trucks dont need ABS or even front wheel brakes and that trucks dont crumble zones, instead they need massive "killbars" in front, so that you can think you are still in controll of the truck after you run over and killed a family of four
not to mention Australian road trains are pulling real weight not just a tandem van half loaded with pillows and dildos . The fact that single trailer drivers need this safety crap makes me sick
@@TerrenceIII there is a big difference driving in the middle of nowhere and then drive in old european cities. alot of places leave no room for mistakes. you cant compare those 2 things. its like saying a fiat 500 and the most expensive ferrari is the same because its same company that owns them.
I DON'T want my Truck to decapitate the car behind me because it made a decision for me that was programmed in by some asymmetrical haircut skinny jean wearing city slicker who probably doesn't even have a license to drive a car and you do but you are calling ME unsafe? LOL@@automation7295
I drive a volvo v60 and i couldn't be happier, it has 180k miles and it still drives like new, no rattles, no leaks and no rust. It's a 2011 model year and already has adaptive cruise control and emergency breaking
Mate of mine was involved in a truck rollover many years ago, had a post come through the drivers window. So with no aids what so ever you can guess the result, at least his end was quick.
Of course all the big brands offer all sorts of driving assistant systems. But the thing is: they cost money. And companies do not like to spend money on things that are not mandatory. I'n not sure if the emergency brake assistant is mandatory in Germany yet. If not, I'm sure you will find plenty of trucks (even new ones) without it.
@@Iceeeen Make sure to keep the sensors etc clean, if it keeps b*tching then its your turn to b*tch to the manufacturer, this is what warranties and service contracts etc are for, it shouldn't find false things all the time, the occasional mistake is okay (because you'd rather have it detect a little too much then have it not detect well enough) but it shouldn't be bothering you, so go fix it with what i've said above ^^
I drive Mercedes Actros for work and few times truck thought it saw something on the road (but there wasn't nothing front of me). Then it beeps and then also comes red warning In gauge screen and if you are driving with cruise on it starts very powerful braking unless you are fast enough to press gas pedal it wont brake. But you can imagine that how it felt first time when it started full braking from 85km/h with no reason.. 😅 But that can be helpful when comes real sitiation when you need it, but i hope that situatuon never comes...
An unfortunately right now the Freightliner Cascadia is actually the most common truck I saw something online the other day says that 45% of trucks registered in the US right now are Cascadia
You're right, the cab becomes like an escape pod, which is an indestructible box, protecting all occupants, with front, side, and rear curtains, and it's meant to detach from the frame, which absorbs the impact. The benefit of cab-overs is that the engine sits below the driver, so it can absorb the impact, transfer the force rear-wards through the frame, while the cab-"pod" sits above the car, column, whatever you are hitting. You'll see, especially on Volvo's that when trucks, or cars, hit something, they crumble more than other cars, but the inner box, where the occupants are sitting is kinda like a roll-cage. The more exterior material that crumbles, the more force from the impact is absorbed, and removed from the equation.
I never knew this than after seeing this video. Like wow... it's so simple yet effective way to save the driver and passenger by making it "roll out" the g-forces. I learned something new today and your comment also explained it well! :)
Daf is from Eindhoven the Netherlands. Check out their Dakar rally racing history. They used to ride dual motor 1000hp Turbo engines and won tbe dakar multiple times
These rising bollards are made to keep traffic out of areas, where they should not be (pedestrian zones). First signposts were used for that, but it was found out, that terrorists don't care about signposts (e.g. Marseille in France, or was it Nizza?).
I don't understand why the heck my company chose to not have the delivery trucks ( around the 15.250 MAN) with ACC activated. I'd be using CruiseControl way more if I had the option especially in city traffic
@@zoolkhan this is less a question about comfort but additional safety for me as the driver and a participating in traffic, but yeah greed( less spending) is definitely part of it
The problem with the radar breaking systems is when they apply the break with very little warning or alarm out of no where they startle you as a driver, and can cause the load to shift, accidents do happen involving trucks and collisions etc which its great when it works. but alot of these safety systems in bad weather ie snow etc just turn off and leave it 100% to the driver. same as the adaptive cruise control second it has an issue it just tells the driver to take control which, if your not guarding the brakes when theyre needed could be an issue. So whilst i think some of these systems a cool in the wild theyre not as great.
That's correct but the engineering nightmare of square/cube law still requires a lot of gains on a size or number of wheels to keep up with the momentum as the vehicle is being scaled up. There are diminishing returns if you try to cope by making tires softer or their design more intricate to boost adhesion to the road.
what's interesting and scary at the same time. Accidents often occur because drivers block the radar responsible for automatic braking. Drivers have problems with the radar braking the truck when passing an overpass or large signs above the highway. so they covered the radar with a piece of foil. In defense of such a risky move, I will add that there were dangerous situations when the truck suddenly braked to a standstill when passing a viaduct. Cars may run into each other. but it certainly happens less often than road collisions, so it is worth having the systems turned on
Its realy annoying when on open road at night time and you drive out of a tunnel and the AEBS thinks that the edge of tunnel light is some object and it brakes for no reason.
Any good crash you walk away from is a good crash. And yet....every winter trucks are off the road or laid up on the side or in the ditch or stuck in small uphills. Reason. No boogie lift and two axels. Here in Sweden the three and four axels are almost mandatory in tractor trailer combos. City or delivery trucks is another thing but three axel is always an advantage. ( I am a former buss and truck driver IRL )
Some trivia. The Scania badge has been in America in part, for a while. It shares the griffin emblem with SAAB. Volvo means 'I roll' in swedish as they started out making ball bearing.
For sure Saab / Scania took & take safety as serious as Volvo. There is a story that when Saab decided to go rallying, on being told they have to fit safety cages they said "our cars don't need them" and demonstrated so, but rules are rules, cages were fitted.
Volvo didn’t start out making ball bearings, it was rather founded by SKF and they still make ball bearings (SKF standing for Svenska KullagerFabriken, The Swedish Ball Bearings Factory)
Also, Scania shares its name with the Latin name for the Skåne region in southern most Sweden and shares the griffin symbol with that same region and with the city of Malmö where Scania was founded. Scania then shared the griffin symbol with Saab once the two merged to form a single company and it’s still in use by the defense part of Saab, the only remaining part of Saab, and actually “griffin” is the name of the fighter jet that Saab now produces and which eg Brazil recently bought
The Kenworth T680 uses the same engine (MX13 530hp/390kw)as the Daf XG+ 530 FT even the gearbox is the same. The Daf delivers a bit more power but in the EU according euro 6 emissions norm they have to use a Addblue exhaust system wich uses energie to work hence the extra power to compensate
Maybe you where wondering about our rankings for these Europe-Trucks! Top Tier Scania,Volvo Mid Tier Man, Daf, Mercedes Lower Tier Renault, Iveco (Ford unknown, kinda new over here) i have driven all of these, my favorite is MAN, Enough interior space, won't break the bank, Just a really user friendly truck with decent power.
Im not so sure, just guessing here. I think a key factor here is that the whole cabin tilts forwards when slamming the breaks, which puts more weight on the front tires, which makes them more efficient
@12:50 You want deceleration to get rid of the G-force. The roll-over (if you have airbags) is less harmfull than a full stop. A sudden full stop will crush your organs to a mush. Newton first law of motion According to Newton’s First Law, also known as the Law of Inertia, an object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will continue to move with a constant velocity, unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force. Or simpler: An object’s natural behavior is to maintain its state of motion (either rest or motion).
the name of the game for crash test safety is to ... whats the best way to say this.. prolong the deceleration? make it less sudden, and you are more likely to live. So for a car.. the crash detection, seat belt pre tensioners, crumple zones, airbags ect are all there to make the crash take as long as possible, so instead of going from 70 to 0 dam near instantly (would scramble every part of your insides and kill you) you get a few extra thenths of a second to decelerate in, funny how much difference a fration of a second makes. so in leiu of crumple zones makes sense a trucks cab would move/come away instead
DAF are usually powered by Paccar or MAN engines (more rare ones by Cummins too) they’re probably closer to the old Mack cab-over trucks you have in the US
bro...that safety breaking system is easily confused by a shadows from bridges, if you knew how many times it slammed brakes on highway speeds.. sometimes it can be fun times with it😂
I drive the new FH16 model volvo daily, i do have some opinion on the safety collision system, it does false flags on occation aswell as the blind spot monitor, but i guess electrical problems is common with volvos, i like scania more and both trucks have cool adaptive cruise control
I've seen some of these false flags happen before, but i could be lead to believe that it's somewhat intentional in that you'd rather have a slightly sensitive system than one that doesn't activate when maybe it should have.
@@volvofreak86 Maybe yes. I wonder what they call that technology😂Jokes aside i've seen it happen in roundabouts where it would scream at cars that were stopped waiting to drive into the roundabout
All truck cabs are designed to fly off the truck if too much force happens. Basecly if the forces are so big the decelatation alone is already to much its better to let the cab shred off and come to a slower stop than the rest of the truck. This way while the truck is ruined and the driver gets a nice shaking, as long as they wear a seatbelt it increases survivability
DAF is a Dutch company. They used to also make cars, one of their models was a car with variable speed transmission with a belt driving a tapered pulley. It was basically a very cheap automatic but without a standard automatic gear box. They run around for a while but have long gone now. Their trucks used to be confined to the home market, but improvements and favourable Common Market laws and regulations have made them more popular. A company that only used vehicles from one company has gone now. Competitive tendering has replaced the contract with one manufacturer. I used to work British Telecom and in the 60’s when I started all our vehicles were BMC. We all drove Morris Minor vans, larger Morris commercials. These days I see Fords, Vauxhalls (GM), Fiat, Renault and Citroen. We were known for our Windsor Green Morris Minor vans, the Post Office was the same government company then but all their small postal vans were Signal Red. The colours of the Telecom fleet has changed several times from Windsor Green in the early 70’s then all went a safer yellow. Then in the 80’s someone decided that light grey was to be the colour. In the 90’s it was all change. All new vehicles would be white. The UK has a term called “White Van Man” because there are so many of these and the minority are beaten up poorly maintained that it gives responsible drivers a bad name.
The car division was bought up by Volvo in the -60's or 70's. Volvo built the same DAF car as Volvo 66. Later on Volvo built their smaller Volvos (3- and 4-series) there. By many enthusiasts considered not Volvos at all. The build quality was not at the same level as Swede built ones.
The fun part about the cars was they could go as fast backwards as they could go forwards because of this gearbox. The reverse was just an extra sprocket.
Hello 👋. DAF truck's itself is made in Netherlands (Holland) , but ☝️ it's owner is the American PACCAR family. So in one way it's an American Euro Truck, but not sold as DAF ofcourse in the states, they want to protect the American market ofcourse 😉 I'm from Norway 🇧🇻, but live in Germany 🇩🇪 with my Wonderful German wife, and yes I'm a truck driver 💯🤘🥳
If you want to look in to something really cool that Scania. Prediction is a new cruise control system that uses GPS to read the topography of the road ahead
The forward impact sensors on modern trucks can be dangerous . If your negotiating a bend and an obstacle is physically in front but no threat the truck will activate emergency braking. If traffic is behind they can collide with the truck. Not handy.
As you eluded to - a car vs a truck is bascly bad news for the car and a paintjob for the truck due to the difference in mass - when two trucks colide you dont really have a bigger mass to "protects" you (compare a MC crashing into a car vs a car crashing into a car). The trycks also have the benefit of beeing a bit higher uo from the ground protecting the cabin a bit aswell
And DAF is leading the Paccar group with their development, technologies, safety, efficiency, and engine development. Lots of Kenworth and Peterbuild trucks have Paccar engines in them. DAF is a European company based in the Netherlands.
There is a famous video off a Volvo fh emergency brake that reacted to inches to about to run over a kid,wish was not staged and the kid ran behind a school bus,this was really crazy how tech can save life's.
