I was curious why a truck is made so it can jack knife. It probably seems like a weird question but why didnt anyone ever develop a safety feature to prevent it? I was just thinking it would be nice if there was a grind sound built into a truck so that you know at what point you are steering too hard in a turn. I still oversteer sometimes. It's easy to do in my truck because it's a lightweight and I carry heavier loads so I have the fifth wheel extended. I'm stretched out so it's almost impossible for me to hit the trailer with the cab. A grind or whine or something hollering at me would be great. Which made me wonder why they are able to do this in the first place. Same thing with parking stretched out. Isn't that what causes the random pop noises when a truck is setting there? I hate those popping trucks next to me when I'm sleeping. Why isn't there a safety feature preventing you from damaging your tractor like that? I feel like the industry missed a lot of safety features. A ton, really.
Truck safety features
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by timidlady, Jan 22, 2020.
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There is a built in sensor...
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The piping sound is probably someone with good size air leek they are not fixing. You hear the air dryer pop every time the Air compressor fills up the air tanks.
You don't jacknife unless you lose control generally. You got ABS and adaptive cruise control and automatic Emergency BrakingOdin's Rabid Dog Thanks this. -
The driver causes the Jack knife.
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If you are talking about maneuvering in a lot and not on the road -
The lot I am working out of, and several or its customers as well, requires me to take the truck 90 degrees to the trailer in order to get out of a spot. Tandems must be all the way back as there is only about 4 inches between trailers and ANY overhamg will clip the trailer next to it. As you work back and forth the hood mirror passes over the glad hands on the trailer opposite. Its fun.
If I had something beeping or growling at me it would just distract me. -
All those safety features are for people that dont know how to drive.
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There are 'After Market' jackknife prevention systems available.
biggest reason they are not universal is the extra cost and some require modification to the trailer limiting the 'portability". Smaller carriers did use them. Apgar Bros in Bound Brook, NJ was running a system in the early 80's. It added weight and limited them to their own trailers and it worked.....timidlady and Studebaker Hawk Thank this. -
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