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You see them in films, in music videos - and of course live on the streets in the USA: huge trucks, significantly larger and longer than those in Europe. And another design element is characteristic of the trucks in the US: the long hood in front of the driver's cab. Why do US trucks have a “snout” - and European ones don’t?
A film by Matthias Schwarzer.
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Sources for the video:
Why US trucks have a "Nose" (Spiegel.de, German):
www.spiegel.de...
"The smart Mr. Seebohm" (Der Spiegel, 1957, German):
www.spiegel.de...
"The return of the long-nose lorry" (including the study mentioned in the video):
www.transporte...
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Intro song:
MÆT - Start Again
Music:
Epidemic sound
#USA #trucks #semitruck #europe #traffic