Small van in the crossfire: Are you really the risk of traffic?

Small van in the crossfire: Are you really the risk of traffic?

A dramatic incident occurred on the B38 when a small van went up in flames. The inmates, which were luckily unharmed, were able to leave the vehicle in good time before the alarmed fire brigades from the municipalities of Escababruck, Mitterreith, Wolfsberg, Kleinschönau, Jahrings and Friedersbach arrived at the fire town. The emergency services were quickly at the scene and needed about an hour to extinguish the last embers, such as Noen.at . What has caused the fire is previously unknown.

The controversy around small vans

Small van, which are often used for smaller transports, are criticized because they are perceived as a distortion of competition. A current blog post on truckhero.de illuminates the accusations that state that these vehicles cause a high accident quota and put the transport market under pressure through dumping prices. Drivers of these vehicles are not tied to the same strict regulations as truck drivers, which leads to unfair competition. In particular, it is argued that the use of small vans causes a higher CO₂ emissions because they can only absorb a fraction of the load of a truck.

Although the risk of accidents in small vans is often discussed, statistics show that the accident rate has dropped in relation to the number of vehicles. The perception that they are responsible for many accidents could, as the udv , could be partially misleading, since most transport accidents are still caused by car. Nevertheless, the discussion about the regulation of the operational readiness and working hours of small vans remains important, especially with regard to safety in road traffic and fair competition in the transport industry.