I opened Google Street View and “drove” along Mannerheimintie. Here are images of all trucks I found along the “drive”:
…and then I figured I’d try some rednecky place, and the most redneck place I could pick from my hat was Kauhava (sorry, everyone in Kauhava). I figure that if in some place they drive trucks with illegal modifications, then that’s there.
So, I went for truck hunt there as well, which turned out to be much more difficult than I thought! Anyway, here:
I am not able to find a truck in Finland that does not have those protecting devices installed. And I don’t think I have ever seen one.
I’ve never seen guards like this either, but more importantly I’ve never seen the large gaps in the side that guides victims to fall beneath multiple wheels.
I suspect all the trucks I’ve seen in Europe left the factory compliant with the regulation, with no need to install side guards.
I’ve never seen those guards in Finland, which is part of the E.U.
I opened Google Street View and “drove” along Mannerheimintie. Here are images of all trucks I found along the “drive”:
…and then I figured I’d try some rednecky place, and the most redneck place I could pick from my hat was Kauhava (sorry, everyone in Kauhava). I figure that if in some place they drive trucks with illegal modifications, then that’s there.
So, I went for truck hunt there as well, which turned out to be much more difficult than I thought! Anyway, here:
I am not able to find a truck in Finland that does not have those protecting devices installed. And I don’t think I have ever seen one.
I’ve never seen guards like this either, but more importantly I’ve never seen the large gaps in the side that guides victims to fall beneath multiple wheels.
I suspect all the trucks I’ve seen in Europe left the factory compliant with the regulation, with no need to install side guards.
EU has a lot of fragmented (by country) road laws.
But guards/skirts are usually integrated into the design, not third-party add-ons.
Random examples:
That looks clean