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RATING THE SAFETY CONCEPT
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Chatting with Kitchener, we ask him which sbgle item he rates above all others on the SCV. It isn't easy, because he's a keen advocate for quite a few. However, eventually he declares: "I'd say the nose coupling box. It's simple, it works, it's reliable and a good idea." It certainly keeps drivers off the catwalk, which is, after all, what Royal Mail is trying to achieve in terms of reducing working-at-height risks and other injuries. The same goes for the revised rear access steps and powered landing legs.
From CM's perspective, while there's plenty of extra kit on the SCV, it's certainly not intrusive so it will be more likely to be used, rather than ignored, or worse, switched off altogether. The automatically-adjustable air dam also looks to have more than one benefit. Not only can it save fuel up to 30 litres per trip on the return Preston to Manchester trunk run but, through the auto height-sensing, it provides the driver with a timely reminder as to the height of the rig, especially when swapping between different height trailers.
Yet for all its hi-tech approach, two very simple devices the white-painted front bulkhead and trailer height decals applied 'the wrong' way around on the trailer's front corners so they can be seen by the driver the right away around in his mirrors provide a timely reminder that the most effective solutions are often the simplest.