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Default Collision detection
On 12/10/2017 12:36, wrote:
On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:26:44 +0100
Tim Streater wrote:

****load of wasted space *behind* the cab, too, before you reach the
trailer.

Yes, I never really understood the point of that either.

To allow for the worst case of "tilt and swing"[1] I believe.

[1]The angle the tractor unit can tilt and swing in respect to the
trailer before it contacts said trailer.

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