IMMI Semi Truck Crash Test 

Nah try 120,000

Are you outside the USA?

outside usa yes and not from europe Usa just needs to increased the weight and get B-Doubles goin on and reconstruct the cab with muscular so it can withstand a hit from a wall

Ah, makes sense then

No.

Turn the cab into a soda can

That's exactly what would happen. I remember reading about a trucker who was killed when he rear ended another semi. The cab got crushed between the two heavy trailers like a soda can.

Yelp fully loaded trailer

horse shit everywhere

R.I.P

there are a lot of commercial vehicles without airbags. I drive a 2008 Isuzu box truck has no airbags.

Remember to always make sure the occupants of your vehicle are wearing seat belts. Unless of course you are transporting groups of kids or adults.

barkinruday Hang, why don't they?

Traffic safety regulators don’t require the basic safety equipment in medium- and heavy-duty trucks. There’s no clear answer as to why relatively inexpensive air bags are not required on big trucks.

barkinruday Well I'm glad they don't have aby unnecessary regs

+DolleHengst Cant stop laughing LOL

+DolleHengst LOL!!!

"Oh! I'm dead"

LOOOOL!

+DolleHengst Decapitation was almost certain.

Another semi?

Even then, the two frames colliding would absorb alot of impact and act as a cushion

Wall?

@@elfakirabderrahim9650 How often do you see a truck collide with a wall, at 65mph?

@@elfakirabderrahim9650 most walls wouldn't survive

I mean it’s hard to secure a fiber glass hood when it’s only connected at the bottom and it has no other connection points

And also I think if you run into a wall coming to a dead stop the least of your dramas would be the bonnet hitting you in the face, imagine the trailer hitting you in the back of the head haha

@@Bigsoot7393 the bonnet decapitate ya the load crushed ya

@@ballbounces968 yeah well at least your head might have a chance to roll away that way

You mean the hood?

Lol! True enough. Although I have seen a few lose fights to trees, and one lose a fight to a solid rock cliff face out west. (USA)

good one..

Of course! How would a bridge post be any match to a SEMI TRUCK *hall effect voice*? Or other trucks? But wait, since trucks destroy things but don't get destroyed, if two trucks hit each other it will reverse the effect and they both don't get any damage but the damage itself gets damaged, I see!

+Redslayer86 Well lets be fair to trucks even a modern army tank would lose the fight against a rock cliff face.

TheAceHD not when a train is involved

European trucks use airbags

+ᅚ Commercial trucks lack seat belts, you say? Surely you jest.

+Adam N It's an american truck, they think if it's big, you're invincible in it. American trucks are about 40 years behind Mercedes, Volvo, Scania, Renault, Man, etc. in terms of technology and engineering.

40 years my ass...

RoadReaper Videos I know nothing about trucks and even I agree with u.

agreed on that

making a point against that, this isn't even an overlap test.

yea. show me one instance that a rig is going to meet an immovable object! when your 60k+ lbs doing 55+mph. nothing is unmovable. I've done my share of Towing and i've seen a 3' across oak tree get uprooted

chieftp unless your brakes fail

Xàphán of the Nightfall, a 3' oak tree is a toothpick compared to a bridge pier. In heavy collisions sometimes the hitch pin will rip loose from the trailer frame, allowing the trailer to keep going and crush the cab. More often the load will come thru the front bulkhead (wall) of the trailer, crushing the cab.

this truck came 3 years before semis start use airbags

An airbag wouldn't do anything with a loaded truck. The driver would be crushed by the trailer instead. Good thing is trucks very rarely hit things this solid, a car or small tree won't stop a loaded semi.

I drive a current kenworth and it doesn't have an airbag.

You gotta understand what exactly real semi truck accidents result in. There are no airbags on earth that are gonna save you if you slam an 80,000lb vehicle into a concrete slab. If the impact alone doesn’t kill you, the loaded trailer behind you will. There’s only so much that can realistically be done, a lot of the mitigations for accidents with semi trucks come down to their core design, cab on frame design allowing the cab to basically break free from the rest of the vehicle (you kind of see that here), the crush zones of a semi truck, note that the engine and transmission tend to go under the truck and the entire front end becomes a gigantic crush zone, and the key factor here: Training. Commercial drivers are held to much higher standards, you don’t walk away after passing off insurance information for a little fender bender, you’re driving something which has the capability to drive clean through a house and keep going out the other side, even minor accidents will destroy small vehicles. As such that big factor of training is vital in avoiding accidents at the drivers fault, you don’t have to worry about the aftermath of an accident if you don’t cause an accident. That applies to every aspect of driving a vehicle like this. There’s much more going on than one would think with truck safety, the way they’re designed to sustain an impact is a small part of that, and concerns for the driver inside are basically a waste of weight. Tldr if you got into an accident with a truck that would deploy the airbags, you already screwed up a dozen other times before that point and the airbags won’t save you anyway.

@@biscuitdingus I'd like my face cradled by an airbag before Im made into a paste by my trailer.

Cuz michael bay

not true colors. theres no flames on the bottom.

It was a joke bro

No problem man

Cuz wannabe Volvo.

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@Mrs Cabot idk anything about trucks but that did look surprisingly similar to crash tests I've seen involving 30+ year old cars

@Mrs Cabot yeah I get that I was just saying and basically agreeing with you

@Mrs Cabot no worries I do the same thing

Jerry Bear yeahh im wondering what would happen with a 40k pound load

Jerry Bear not to mention an engine the size of a smart car coming through the instrument panel

then the added weight of the trail would cause the tractor unit (the truck) to go right through what ever it's crashing in front of it

That has to be the most retarded statement I've ever heard. Using that logic then we shouldn't make motorcycle riders wear helmets because if they get hit on the interstate they're dead anyway. There are tons of situations where an airbag in a semi can save a life. Just because it doesnt work every single time doesnt mean we just dont use them.....

most new trucks have airbags, seat belts also help people in an accident. Not saying trucks should not have airbags just that trucks are loaded more often than not and a test loaded would also be an accurate test. maybe the fiberglass/sheet metal cab could stop tens of thousands of pounds of material.

nobody got time for that shit

Darrothan only idiots dont care about that. drivers safety first. take a look at scania mercedes and volvo

Peteto Chibs+ "Come to Europe and you'll have airbags on all windows and on the dashboard, in the steering wheel etc... There's even airbags covering the window so that you don't fall out or get an arm outside and get it crushed under the truck." that's because europeans don't drive as well as Americans.

@@stairfall12345678900 In communist america..workers are cheap

No

In a real world accident, you are lucky when the cab breaks free before the load in the trailer crushes you

@@account4info That depends on what you hit and how you hit it. A mate of mine was killed when he ran up the back of another truck with no tail lights in fog. His load of aerosols and groceries pushed him and his cab into a load of steel coils. To this day i hope the crush killed him before his conflagrating load would have. His load was burning for two days before the firies could get it fully extinguished.

@Black Man "leave the car completely wrecked" Isn't that, the point? The car takes all the damage so the occupants don't. I would also imagine a unibody allows more control and consistency during impacts

@Black Man cars are still made out of Aluminum and Steel alloys. Modern cars are far sturdier than classics. I love classics, but If you think a body on frame car from 30 years ago is safer, you're a meth head.

They have super stiff and strong chassis so if the body strongly attached to frame the g-force will crush the driver at low speed crash with no load

Mr Cabot That’s false look at Ford. But maybe some

@Mrs Cabot that's just not true

It's a 1987-2001 Peterbilt 377, so yes it was a little outdated. But Peterbilt has used the same basic cab shell design for almost 50 years.

Lol the test was to demonstrate the importance of seatbelts- which is why the passenger wasn't wearing a seat belt

@@frostythesnowman6297 chevy has used the same interior for numerous different cars in the last 5 years ranging from the equinox to the Cruze dont forget the trucks

Except for hitting another truck, either head on or parked...

@@UFO-047 yup just a strong solid wall or multiple roll overs can bring a fatal accident. Besides that, a truck will be pretty much survive anything it crashes into.

They are called Cab-overs.

I bet the tank will survive with minor damage but the crew will be knocked out/killed.

He sure checked that glove box out up close and personal.

It’s also missing an 80,000 pound load

Tommy Boy is a great movie with Chris Farley .

@@TheHiker24 the freaking best man, thats my fav comedy movie by far

@@krazetrain7656 Black sheep is also a good one . Freaking ton of laughs as well ..

Now try with a heavy load

cape trucking? never heard of it. damn ic's runnin like slaves getting 1.27

Yep, and the family in the SUV is no more...yikes

P Kranz sorry buddy but European trucks and cars are still better

Hammer Smith Scania disagrees

Late 80's early 90's? That Truck is like a 2002 or so. FFS embarrassing.....

D4VE THEFIRST+ no way nobody can make a more powerful truck then an american, also don't a lot of eurotrash cars have american parts in them? hell jaguar and land rover are owned by ford. and it's funny because jaguars for the most part were absolute shitty cars until they were bought out by ford. eurocars are ass! the only european cars that l actually like are german cars, because germans can't build anything the wrong way it's immpossible.

Eduardo Gameiro to bad frieghtliners are some of the shittiest trucks in the u.s, right next to vovlo

Funny you mention that. Older American big rigs before the 70's were made using surplus tooling and hence had many of the same specs as Military cargo trucks under their skins and as a result were built MUCH tougher.

the whole cab is supposed to detach from the frame. paccar has been doing this for years as a safety precaution. you know, fuel tanks start burning in a rollover, your cab detaches, you go one way frame and tanks go another.

Carl Newman There's a lot more to fuel than that. You would be better off just making the tanks strong enough that they wont leak fuel everywhere when hit.

Cabs do that to cushion the blow if a trailer or load were to come forward.

DeSoto392Hemi This particular truck model is a Peterbilt 377 model & this setback axil style 1st came out in 1988! This model was made for just a few short years!

yourfast07 This truck is a "377"model Peterbilt that was 1st manufactured in 1988 & PACCAR only made this set back axle design for just a few short years there after. This truck back then did not no where list for $150,000 brand new back then & is not a $150,000 rig now! At tops. . .anywhere between $85-87,000 at the most!

having your cabin detach is the opposite of a good idea, you'd be tumbling down the road in your cabin if you truck hits something solid enough. Can tell you right here thats going to be doing more bad than good.

The Dutchinator Detach cab works really good in Europe, cabs in volvos, Scania, Mercedes are very well made, when you're in accident where there is enough pressure on cabin to be smashed with you inside of it, the cabin simply detaches (being ripped) from the truck giving the driver bigger chances of survival. Even from getting hit by poorly loaded freight on flatbed, here in US, you'll see cabins destroyed, drivers hurt or killed, where a simple cabin detached would save a driver. Now even cabin is well caged, it's better to end up on other side of the road then smashed inside on. www.truckstopsrouting.com/us/top-5-benefits-european-truck-design/

yourfast07 with enough force the cab will come off the frame of any American truck, you basically have 2 body mounts up front and 2 airbags, 2 shocks, and on most trucks a torque rod at the back of the cab/sleeper

Have Europeans ever thought of designing a truck that doesn't look like a brick with wheels? Worst thing about a cab over is that you're the first one at the scene of a crash. I'd rather have an 1800lb engine block in between me and the other vehicle.

***** In Europe there are limitations over the entire lenght of the rig. If there is nose, the trailer has to be shorter.

***** Yeah cab over does have that issue. But at least you don't be decapitated by your own truck.

Funny, I didn't see the hood make it more than a few inches through the front window. Besides not many people in North America would buy a European styled truck. Drivers here want old school, long nose trucks. They want the chrome and the wood trim dashes with the big gauges and toggle switches. In short, there isn't a big enough market to warrant designing a European styled truck.

***** A small design change would solve the penetration problem - hinge it at the back of the engine bay, not the front. A little bit more awkward to work on perhaps, but a lot safer. As for euro trucks - they're no better looks wise. Bricks on wheels. Truck design needs a complete rethink IMO. Cars evolve, there's no reason trucks can't too.

Dallas Criddle The look at the International 9900i, very classic looking with modern technology

+Dallas Criddle I like the ProStar, but they are heavy compared to a lot of other trucks and lack space inside. Whoever designs the interior needs to address a lot of little things.

dear John, I'm not sure if the moronic one here is you because you lack reading skills. if you read closely what I wrote than maybe you might understand my comment better. but while where at it I'd like to see a crash test dummy in between the wall and truck and i think you might make a good one, kind regards good sir.

Well handled. I applaud you

They should've painted it pink, so it wouldn't be so beautiful.

how is this a waste? idiots these days

@@ramondavalos84 congrats for the handling

A car won't stop a truck like that, 5, 10 or 20 won't either.

it's an old truck and there isn't really a need for airbags since your truck will plow right threw anything it hits, there aren't very many things out there that can bring a 80,000lbs speeding truck to a total stop in less than a second. you will most likely hit a car or a building, not a reinforced wall of solid concrete.

l think you would have an explosion of blood and guts at that point.

that doesn't happen.

lol.

+Don't readthis Old cars were designed to hold up well, but modern cars are now designed to crush in case of impact.

dang sorry to hear that

dang sorry to hear that

+jeffrey625625 true true very very true

There are no airbags in a semi truck well not in this model I'm not too sure about the newer trucks but this. Is a 98-00 model 377, meaning it lacks a few things.

there isn't any airbags in semis.

CorrruptedDemon In modern ones maybe i'm not too sure never been in anything that's that new.

***** Volvo have

Where are the seatbelts is the more important question.

Yeah, it'll be much worse.

+John Moon LOL In the steering wheel. My mom owned a 88 POS and it had air bags lol

+John Moon My dumbass could redesign a steering wheel.

OK, dude I don't really give two fucks. Sooo.. good bye douchebag.

***** your going straight to satan i can already tell

brendan williams Maybe he is Satan?

The new Volvo FH is the safest truck ever built. And what about the new Scania. Don't talk nonsense!

Mike Theunissen there is nothing in front of the cab to protect it from crushing its occupants

ASAPVENENO That's right. There is nothing in front of it indeed. But that's why the cab itself is made to protect it's occupants. Just take a look at one of Volvo's crash test videos. They're nice trucks, trust me. I'm not saying that US trucks are shit or something, but don't underestimate the EU trucks :P

It's called crumple zones, silly

+Oliver K. Didn't you see the bonnet pushing into the windscreen? That doesn't look safe. And American trucks are bigger, harder to drive without hitting things

+Geely GE I want to see a cabover do this test lol.

+Jaymobe07 Um, they do it all the time, you idiot.

+Geely GE To be fair in both styles of cab you would be walking away from this crash a little sore but nothing too major if you wore seatbelts. Not bad when you consider this type of test simulates a head on colision with a vehicle the same weight as yours. It would be the cargo you're towing that would be what kills you.

BeMWe E36 hahah cabovers really poor driver would be killed instantly

Good luck doing this in a cab over.

Not in Europe.

Only in the US, it seems.

If two semis crash into each other at 50mph bot drives will be dead.