1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196 
Why size matters
Page 10
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Brian Weatherley is tired of back pain and sleepless nights — and that's just from road testing for CM. Why don't we make train lengths longer and give drivers the space they deserve?
A truck cab is not a very inviting working environment when you think about it and it's not just for work, either. It's also where you have to sleep, in between those long hours of staring straight ahead. And once you're inside you can barely stand up straight to put your trousers on without rupturing a major organ. It makes you wonder why no-one has thought about offering a cab that's bigger.
Unfortunately, within the current EU overall artic length of 16.5m the space available for a driver is always going to be dictated by the need to have a 13.6m trailer behind him. A clear case of cargo winning over lumbago...
Back in the eighties, EU legislators and unions stopped the spread of those awful maximum-volume "Philips Concept" drawbars, complete with their tiny top-sleeper pods and trick couplings, by simply increasing the EU maximum drawbar length limit from 18.35m to 18.75m while keeping deck lengths to a total of 15.65m. Overnight drivers re-gained their "lebensraum".
top bleating about the Working me Directive and look at the ings that really matter to drivers... e space to put your trousers on"