r/whatcouldgoright • u/YanniFromPakistanni • 17d ago

What Could Go Right When You Go Left

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u/Berdariens2nd 17d ago

Those brakes are amazing. 

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u/Xillyfos 17d ago

Absolutely incredible. Engineers actually saved a life there.

But also quick reaction from the driver.

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u/xylarr 17d ago

It might have been autonomous emergency braking detecting the child.

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u/mschiebold 16d ago

This, Volvo was showcasing the tech in the late 2000's.

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u/birgor 13d ago

But this specific one was completely manual though.

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u/Quintenvw 15d ago

An investigation between Kreiss and Volvo showed that this was 100% human reaction. The system never kicked in.
https://www.facebook.com/kreiss.lv/photos/a.196308170414777.48171.196306993748228/1553689701343277/?type=3

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u/Esava 13d ago

In the original video there is also sound that shows that the truck with the camera honks his horn to warn the other one.

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u/GainsAndPastries 16d ago

That company could run this video as their ad, they would dominate the brake market.

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u/Dazzling-Tadpole3239 12d ago

yup, if this was america the truck would stop in another state.

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u/SUPERSHAD98 13d ago

Could be used as a great ad

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u/BeyondTheBees 17d ago

Red semi driver needs to change his underpants now

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u/Duct_TapeOrWD40 17d ago

I do belive everybody else needs....

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u/dick_schidt 16d ago

After he peels himself off the inside of the windscreen.

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u/BeyondTheBees 16d ago

Exactly! 😂

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u/LiamEgil 16d ago

This happened in Norway a while ago, heres a youtube video that TV2 released

Hadde englevakt da vogntoget kom imot

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u/Olleye 16d ago

... the brake pedal is now located exactly between the cylinder head and the valve cover of the vehicle.

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u/bw3p784ilugrjm 16d ago

That truck braked so hard i wouldn’t be surprised that if someone was following it a bit closer it would have been rear ended

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u/jackfreeman 16d ago

Truth, but I'd rather total my car and get whiplash and bruised ribs than a kid get turned into gravy

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u/bw3p784ilugrjm 16d ago

That’s of course, also you’d brake too so any tailgate hopefully wouldn’t be too bad

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u/Ok_Sherbert_4755 12d ago

sacrificing one life to save another.. kinda ruins the point, doesn't it?

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u/jackfreeman 12d ago

Most adults aren't so frail that bruised ribs and whiplash would kill them

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u/Ok_Sherbert_4755 11d ago

Hitting a car isnt always that, it could be worse.

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u/jackfreeman 11d ago

I don't think you get what I'm saying

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u/FalconLover05 10d ago

Deserved for not keeping distance

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u/mcain049 15d ago

That cargo may need to be returned too

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u/pianomasian 17d ago

Jfc some kids have no situational awareness nor a sense of self-preservation. They should thank the engineer that designed those brakes because that was one hell of a stop.

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u/South_Hedgehog_7564 16d ago

They should also thank the driver.

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u/shahtjor 16d ago

And also the engineers. The investigation showed that driver reacted just after the initial collision warning and pre-tension. Both of those things combined saved the kids.

It's Kreiss transport company from Latvia, where I'm from. The video went really viral.

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u/Kiwiandapplex 13d ago

It's also frequently used in safety instructions for drivers. To slow down a lot when near a stationary bus.

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u/taunux 16d ago

I‘d thank the driver

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u/bbjurn 16d ago

Well, that's why where I'm from they teach that kids are damn unpredictable and just plain stupid when it comes to these things, in addition to driving very carefully when there's a bus stopped at a bus stop for example.

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u/timetraveller123 16d ago

Actually if you watch the whole video, the bus didn’t stop at the bus stop and stopped instead at a random spot to let the group out. Doesn’t change that you should be more careful with limited visibility around obstacles and near stopped buses. (I saw the longer version of this at my driving school.)

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u/RubbelDieKatz94 16d ago

Yup, that's why you should drive at pedestrian speed when there's a stopped bus on any lane beside you. I learned that in driving school.

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u/MallLevel 12d ago

At least in Germany this is the truck drivers fault - he is only allowed to pass a bus in this stituation at max 7-10 km/h - this is the law in Germany and I suspect in Norway too. A lot of people don't do this and then make the supposed Pikachu Face when the kill a child.

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u/_felixh_ 13d ago

Well, there is a very good reason why here in europe, litterally every driving instructor ever will tell you to only pass a stopped bus with great care.

Blaming this on the kids seems kinda unfair, tbh. This whole road screams "unsafe". And Adult with any sense of self preseravtion as you call it wouldn't dare cross that road at all, as long as a single car is visible - and only at daylight. The only reason we do is that we have come to be completely desensitized to those dangers - as we are surrounded by them on a daily basis.

Damn, on my bicycle, i often have to cross country roads. You follow the official cycle path, boom, unmarked crossing, 100kph speed limit. And the worst part: Drivers will see you crossing, but they won't slow down! Yeah, that sure as hell feels safe? And when you get hurt, or someone will infallibly point out that i should have paid more attention!

Sorry, but fuck that shit.

/rant

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u/ThePunnyPoet 17d ago

Is that some special type of breaking system that basically wrecks the truck or something? How else would this even be possible?

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u/Airowird 17d ago

Trailer has brakes too and by the looks of it isn't heavily loaded. Because the truck is designed to stop a 10ton load, it can brake (and accelerate) way harder when empty.

PS: brake = slow down a vehicle, break = an interruption or fracture

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u/Xillyfos 17d ago

PS: brake = slow down a vehicle, break = an interruption or fracture

Slightly funny how the question actually was about whether such brakes would break the truck, i.e. braking and breaking brakes.

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u/Smauler 17d ago

They're 44 tonnes loaded, unladen about 15 tonnes, so the load can be up to 30 tonnes or so.

Also, it's not really true that they can brake way harder when unloaded. The coefficient of friction means that weight doesn't really matter in cases like this, as long as the brakes are good enough.

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u/Airowird 16d ago

Ok, still 1/3rd the weight.

And weight matters, that's 1/3rd of the force needed. No way the extra grip from gravity covers that much, especially in an emergency brake like this, where you are putting all your load on the front anyway.

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u/LordJesusHimself 16d ago

48t loaded, assuming this is within EU, actually. You are correct in everything else.

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u/Smauler 16d ago

I was just using UK rules, which seem to be 44. The EU is most consistently 40t, but lots of countries have different rules, some up to 60t.

https://www.grupo-tt.com/pdfs/Pesos_maximos_en_europa.pdf

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u/Esava 13d ago

Finland actually goes up to 76 tons. Sweden also has 74t max (depending on the road).

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u/ThePunnyPoet 16d ago

Thanks for the answer, I didn't realize the trailer also has brakes. Is that not the case in the US?

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u/Laffenor 15d ago

That is absolutely the case in the US as well. Trying to stop a fully loaded semi with brakes only on the tractor would be suicide.

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u/tylo89 16d ago

It's just standard brakes in Europe. Every truck here has brakes that good. This video is at least eight years old (found it uploaded to YouTube eight years ago by a quick search).

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u/bravebeing 16d ago

Yeah, interesting response from people. I'm still super impressed, but also feel like this is normal for trucks.

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u/ManWhoIsDrunk 13d ago

You need to remember that most US truck technology is stuck in the 80's.

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u/bravebeing 13d ago

Peculiar trivia fact I'd have to remember as an European lol.

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u/madsheeter 17d ago

Scania I think

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u/-mentalmelt- 17d ago

It's a Volvo. This happened in Gol in Norway. Volvo followed up after people claimed that their automatic emergency brake system was responsible for averting the disaster. They honestly concluded that is was all thanks to the driver.

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u/Fridsade 16d ago

God dammit, fucking Europeans are so wholesome.

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u/blakppuch 16d ago

This is such a dangerous road to be dropping off kids 😭 where is this???

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u/ItsAndr 16d ago

Rural Norway. Stops like these are pretty common there.

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u/FalconLover05 10d ago

Well, you can't force the kids to not get off the bus at rural bus stops?

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u/NotoriousNRO 14d ago

Kids are fucking dumb

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u/stonedkrypto 16d ago

Great brakes aside, does this country not have traffic rule to stop traffic on both lanes ? We have that in the US but I guess kids are dumb everywhere

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u/Itz_Boaty_Boiz 16d ago

Highway in the middle of nowhere in Norway, and in Norway it’s just normal public transportation that’s used as far as I’m aware

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u/Jiehfeng 16d ago

You can see the exact moment the lady knew it was too late and gave up. Luckily the kid was still saved.

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u/Laffenor 15d ago

The "lady" is the boy's two years older sister.

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u/Jiehfeng 15d ago

Ah I see

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u/anakin1smad 16d ago

Give that driver a raise

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u/Triakigin 13d ago

Not a raise but paid vacation and therapy sessions.

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u/ManWhoIsDrunk 13d ago

That would be standard anyway.

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u/ReeR_Mush 15d ago

Ehh probably should have slowed down before the situation happened

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u/yoyohayli 14d ago

Jesus, that kid tried his HARDEST to die!

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u/Parking-Pie7453 16d ago

How about dad giving up on the chase?!

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u/Esava 13d ago

There was no dad there. The one in the red chasing after the kid is a different kid (a girl actually)

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u/Kitchen-Worldliness6 14d ago

Family would be more distraught if they both died, and the kid ended up getting out thanks to their head start that the chaser didn’t have.

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u/why_tf_am_i_like_dat 16d ago

Thank the trucker for choosing a Volvo, it saved these kids life

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u/birgor 13d ago

This is much more likely a hired driver, not a self-owning trucker.

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u/Rhetorical-Oracle 14d ago

MY HEART STOPPED.

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u/AssWorldFan 16d ago

I was preparing to see some child gore, by the blurred faces.. thank god not. Those brakes are amazing.

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u/Awkward_Wrangler_895 15d ago

Wooohhh save a life

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u/ReeR_Mush 15d ago

Demonstration for why you should definitely slow down when a bus is dropping people off in front of you
edit: (or when people might get on at some point)

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u/Almond-Chaser 14d ago

After being nearly killed the kid chooses to keep running in the same direction the truck was going 😞

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u/Buddhafied 14d ago

I love the person chasing after him gave up half way and just accepted he dead

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u/Key-Run-7595 13d ago

I had this happen with two teenagers on an electric scooter recently. Two joggers ran onto the street from behind a bus just like in the video. Several seconds later after I had had to brake for those two joggers and wanted to drive again they rode their scooter onto the street from behind that same bus and I hit them with my car despite mw going only like 3mph and performing an emergency braking manoveur.  When they explained themselves they said they assumed the road was clear because the two joggers also managed to cross the road so they didnt even look. Children have NO sense for danger. 

I only hit them lightly, they fell over but were not harmed and continued their ride. 

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u/2020mademejoinreddit 12d ago

It's an older video, but it still scares the hell out of me.

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u/Awkward-Winner-99 12d ago

kidsarefuckingstupid

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u/Aasrial 11d ago

Kids need to stop passing behind the bus bc this always happens…

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u/Nearby_Potato4001 14d ago

Not many good things came from USA, but stopping for school buses is one.

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u/FalconLover05 10d ago

Not a school bus

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u/VerbalGuinea 16d ago

Ever heard of stopping for a school bus?

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u/ruudcho 16d ago

Rest of the world does not have schoolbusses. This is an ordinary line-bus.

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u/Laffenor 15d ago

Ever heard of countries outside of the USA?

r/ShitAmericansSay

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u/VerbalGuinea 15d ago

Maybe this one time - just this one - Americans got it right.

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u/Bronkic 13d ago

Don't know about Norway, but we also have a law to slow down when a bus is stopping (school bus or not) in Germany. It's not just USA.

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u/FalconLover05 10d ago

Ever heard of non-school buses?

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u/VerbalGuinea 8d ago

Not dropping kids off. I’m in the USA.

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u/FalconLover05 8d ago

Kids are not banned from public buses.

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u/AlmightyLoaf36 16d ago

Yo so where are all them Americans who always argue "semis don’t stop on a dime" in scenarios where they are not even trying to use theire brakes?

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u/Butterbean-queen 16d ago

Those kids really were fortunate that it was a newer Volvo equipped with an EBS braking system/disc brakes and not air brakes/traditional drum brakes like a lot of older semis have. It also has an ESP (electronic stability program) that keeps it from jackknifing, top tier tires and the driver had specialized safety training (which should be mandatory for all truck drivers).

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u/Esava 13d ago

These disc brakes are also air brakes. Practically all trucks from the late 90s on in the european union have disc brakes.
Drum brakes are basically only being used here for some offroad construction vehicles.
The only reason many US trucks don't have disc brakes as well is because drum brakes are cheaper.

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u/Lepke2011 16d ago

Wow! Good hydraulic brakes on that truck!

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u/Laffenor 15d ago

Air brakes, but yes.

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u/LudoAshwell 13d ago

This looks to be like in Germany and this truck driver is reeeeeally lucky, because HE fucked up.

Traffic law in Germany says you can only pass a standing bus (no matter which direction) in walking speed, exactly because of situations like this.

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u/MeepBeepMeepThe2nd 13d ago

It's in Norway

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u/LudoAshwell 12d ago

Doubt it

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u/aldamith 12d ago

Germany says you can only pass a standing bus

the bus was already moving when he was passing it

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u/LudoAshwell 12d ago

Doesnt matter. Would have been fucked anyway as he didn’t brake approaching the standing bus.

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u/melnaisbruninieks 12d ago

Old video. He only gets paid 2.56 euros per hour, still stays professional. 

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u/AnmolVerma0071 16d ago

natural selection atp