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Not my idea but an invention I remember from yonks ago which I think I may have seen on Tomorrows World but it's so long ago now I could be mistaken. You'll have to be at least in your late 40s to remember it I think.

The invention was to help HGVs brake much quicker in a panic situation by ejecting a special sheet, attached to the front chassis somewhere, underneath between the wheels and the road. It pretty much nailed the vehicle to the ground, I was very impressed at the time.

I was just reminded of it as I saw a Fire Service Vehicle speeding down a narrow road, with parked cars and people, and thought how the heck would you stop something that big and heavy if you needed. That was exactly what this invention was about.

Anyone remember it or know why it wasn't introduced?

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It probably wasn't introduced because it pre-dated the seat belt law; from which all the vehicles that it would help are exempt IIRC.

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Thanks and sorry R1, Maybe I'm being a bit dense but how does the seat belt law obviate the need to slow HGVs down as quickly as possible?

I assume they don't stop as quickly as cars, (could be wrong though), but in any case to get the big stuff glued to the road better ought to have caught on I would have thought

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Stopping that quickly in the absence of a seat-belt could be interesting for the driver, I believe was the point.

Oh. I wondered if that was it but since when does braking very hard make you head butt the wind screen? Seat belts are most helpul at impact, or at least that was the message in the 70s.

Am I still being a bit dense?

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There was a lively debate on this very subject : http://www.safespeed.org.uk/forum/viewt ... ight=super

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I assumed that to mean a dead stop, which would lead to the driver being ejected.

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Brill! I see it mentioned on the first of six pages. I'd better get busy.

You're an old timer anton, in the nicest way, so forgive me for not finding it

(Must improve my search before posting)

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You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

Well, I'm prone to exagerate at times The vision of it stays with me to this day though. The before and after were markedly better I should have said, soz.

Firemen have strong arms. If you drop the anchors you know what you are about to do and brace yourself - everyone does. I admit an unwary passenger may be caught off guard but the driver, especially a fireman, shouldn't.

Ta everyone

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You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.