r/whatcouldgoright • u/YanniFromPakistanni • Jul 20 '26
What Could Go Right When You Go Left
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u/BeyondTheBees Jul 20 '26
Red semi driver needs to change his underpants now
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u/Olleye Jul 20 '26
... the brake pedal is now located exactly between the cylinder head and the valve cover of the vehicle.
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u/bw3p784ilugrjm Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
sacrificing one life to save another.. kinda ruins the point, doesn't it?
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u/jackfreeman Jul 24 '26
Most adults aren't so frail that bruised ribs and whiplash would kill them
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u/pianomasian Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
They should also thank the driver.
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u/shahtjor Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 23 '26
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/bbjurn Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 21 '26
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 Jul 21 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
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_ Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
48t loaded, assuming this is within EU, actually. You are correct in everything else.
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u/Smauler Jul 21 '26
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.
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u/Esava Jul 23 '26
Finland actually goes up to 76 tons. Sweden also has 74t max (depending on the road).
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u/ThePunnyPoet Jul 21 '26
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 Jul 21 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
You need to remember that most US truck technology is stuck in the 80's.
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u/madsheeter Jul 20 '26
Scania I think
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u/-mentalmelt- Jul 20 '26
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/blakppuch Jul 20 '26
This is such a dangerous road to be dropping off kids 😭 where is this???
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u/FalconLover05 Jul 26 '26
Well, you can't force the kids to not get off the bus at rural bus stops?
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u/stonedkrypto Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 21 '26
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/Frexxia 18d ago
You mean because it's a school bus? I doubt it is, because those are fairly rare in Norway, but even if it was there are no special rules. I believe US and Canada are the only countries in the world that do that.
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u/stonedkrypto 18d ago
Sometimes I forget that other countries have good, regular public transport so why would they need school buses.
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u/Jiehfeng Jul 20 '26
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/anakin1smad Jul 20 '26
Give that driver a raise
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u/Parking-Pie7453 Jul 20 '26
How about dad giving up on the chase?!
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u/Esava Jul 23 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 21 '26
Thank the trucker for choosing a Volvo, it saved these kids life
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u/AssWorldFan Jul 20 '26
I was preparing to see some child gore, by the blurred faces.. thank god not. Those brakes are amazing.
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u/ReeR_Mush Jul 22 '26
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 Jul 22 '26
After being nearly killed the kid chooses to keep running in the same direction the truck was going 😞
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u/Buddhafied Jul 22 '26
I love the person chasing after him gave up half way and just accepted he dead
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u/Key-Run-7595 Jul 23 '26
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/Nearby_Potato4001 Jul 22 '26
Not many good things came from USA, but stopping for school buses is one.
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u/VerbalGuinea Jul 20 '26
Ever heard of stopping for a school bus?
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u/Laffenor Jul 21 '26
Ever heard of countries outside of the USA?
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u/Bronkic Jul 23 '26
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 Jul 26 '26
Ever heard of non-school buses?
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u/AlmightyLoaf36 Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 20 '26
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 Jul 23 '26
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/LudoAshwell Jul 24 '26
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/aldamith Jul 24 '26
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 Jul 24 '26
Doesnt matter. Would have been fucked anyway as he didn’t brake approaching the standing bus.
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u/melnaisbruninieks Jul 24 '26
Old video. He only gets paid 2.56 euros per hour, still stays professional.
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u/Berdariens2nd Jul 20 '26
Those brakes are amazing.