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close04yesterday at 12:22 PM1 replyview on HN

The energy of a potential impact is the main driver of that regulation. Also increasing with the square of the speed, and with the (sizable) mass.


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masklinnyesterday at 2:35 PM

That does not change the result: drag is much less of a concern for trucks in Europe than it is in the US.