In the European Union, side guards had been required on all trucks since 1989.

Enough said. Adopt it. Why do we do this to ourselves?

Interesting and informative video, thanks for sharing! I'd never see these before at all, they seem like a no brainer

That's a good piece of tech, should be mandatory for trucks registered to work in the city.

Another safety tip for cyclists, cars and motorbikes: don't try to pass a right turning truck even if it looks like the driver is providing a gap to their right. They need that because the back wheels will take a shorter way around the curb, you don't want to be in the way there, which is an easy way for incidents like this to happen. Stay well back when approaching, or pass on the left.

This is the standard in countries with road safety laws. The first and only truck from an EU country I could find from a 1 minute long image search that lacked those guards was this one:

Disnt know that, makes sence!