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I hope he is joking. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 6 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Wow, I have never heard of Jake brakes before. Somehow USians never fail to take a horrible thing like trucking and make it far worse for everyone. I can't even imagine for that being remotely legal or acceptable in Europe.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago

    Some cities outlaw the usage of these types of brakes within city limits (in my experience enforcement is kinda lax, but I think it does make some difference) but this city did not. They also didn’t have those sound-dampening walls you find in a lot of places. Living there was a real psychic attack lmao

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    Wait, trucks in Europe don't use that kind of brake? Isn't that unsafe?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago* (2 children)

    No, that's what brakes are for? Also, a usual motor brake with a dampener (not the r word) works just fine.

    Seems we actually have rules that specify the speed you are allowed to drive downhill and what system has to be on board and don't leave it to the "free market" to come up with the cheapest but otherwise most annoying system possible. Who would have thunk.

    Edit: looks like Austria came up with a noise level of 80dB (like a lawn mower, so still fairly loud) first and truck manufacturers adapted

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    But when regular brakes fail you can't stop. When semi truck air brakes fail it forces the truck to stop.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    Well, we have mandatory, in depth checks every year for trucks and afaik, downhill mountain streets have "breaking ramps" with sand etc. Then again, I'm living in the northern European flats, so I might have no clue but I think accidents because of failing downhill braking are very rare.

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