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BARRE ANTI-ENCASTREMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Safety Equipment (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Road Safety
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
CONT

An underride guard is a steel bar that hangs from the back of a semitrailer to prevent the front of a passenger vehicle from moving underneath during a collision. Crash tests show these guards generally work well to prevent potentially deadly underride, except in crashes occurring at the outer edges of trailers ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Sécurité routière
  • Camionnage
CONT

La barre antiencastrement - un simple rail d'acier fixé sur le châssis dans le sens de la largeur, à hauteur d'essieu - devenue obligatoire, offre un obstacle rigide aux systèmes de déformation des voitures et leur permet d'exercer leur capacité d'absorption de l'énergie. Ces dispositifs devraient déjà réduire de 30 % par an le nombre de victimes, au terme du renouvellement du parc de camions.

Key term(s)
  • barre anti-encastrement

Spanish

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