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When a large articulated vehicle crashes, its recovery is often greatly complicated by the joint between the tractor and the trailer, which can prove impossible to separate due to damage and distortion.
The answer is to install an explosive cutting mechanism in the trailer pivot.
Using a special
external detonating kit, the joint can be quickly and safely severed without exposing personnel to any danger (by means of a long reel of wire).
The rig is almost instantaneously separated into two sections that can then be recovered as required.
I've been trying to figure out what the remediation method will be when they figure out that not only is this hazardous, but that ....
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.... these lands could be turned in golf courses .... [normzone, Dec 21 2017]
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I'm not so sure. I think I'd be amused several times. |
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That would depend entirely on the cargo in the trailer, and who was in the vehicle immediately behind. |
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//without exposing personnel to any danger// |
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[8th], I think you might need to change your password. It looks like an
impostor has infiltrated your HB account. |
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FAR too simple - if these devices were installed every five feet or so throughout the length of the trailer, removal of the small pieces could be accomplished by the people in pickup trucks stuck in the traffic jam who need this mess cleared so they can be on their way. |
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// an impostor has infiltrated your HB account // |
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Shhh, we're trying to lull them into a false sense of security. |
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Volunteers for testing new BorgCo products are becoming
increasingly difficut to recruit. Apparently, unfounded rumours
have been circulating about "An abnormally high level of natural
wastage". |
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It's disappointing that such high levels of physical coercion have
become necessary to persuade volunteers to cooperate. After all,
what's the worst that can happen ? |
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//throughout the length of the trailer// |
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Perhaps they should also be statically installed around any trees,
lamp posts, buildings, small children etc which might conceivably one
day impede a recovery operation? |
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And cats. Definitely. Explosive collars for cats, to allow immediate
safe dismantling should there be a vehicle accident nearby*. |
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*Within a 50km radius, but it could be extended if the technology
proveds successful. |
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(" Perhaps they should also be statically installed around any trees") |
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Well, if you want to get statically preventive, see the link. |
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