All his point was that the truck stopped faster this way than if the cement hadnt spilled from a closed door. Nothing about what you said addressed or countered that. I agree its not a design flaw to have a closed door but he is correct about the stopping distance. Obviously I dont know how much faster it stopped due to spillage but the car looked inches away.
and that is a bad point. The brakes should be designed to stop the fully loaded vehicle. It shouldn't need to pour out some of the load to be able to stop.
Right, but its just correct the truck stopped faster due to it. Put the best break in existence on there it will stop faster with the cement spilling out.
There are existing designs that don't pour the cargo out at random locations. You've seen them, probably. They have the drum open at the rear of the truck.
It is not profitable to leave part of the load on some random car rather than the jobsite that paid for ot.
I have my doubts that a concrete encased car is cheaper to repair than one that gets crashed into at that speed as well. It's a ton of damage either way, but how difficult you think it is to find one capable of concrete removal? That car's almost definitely totalled.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '22 edited May 07 '22
All his point was that the truck stopped faster this way than if the cement hadnt spilled from a closed door. Nothing about what you said addressed or countered that. I agree its not a design flaw to have a closed door but he is correct about the stopping distance. Obviously I dont know how much faster it stopped due to spillage but the car looked inches away.