Look at the terrible accident?! Wonder, how did it happen?!
How did that car get under the truck?!
Sometimes very simple things in life can hurt so much.
A small negligence can lead you to major losses.
Thousands are killed this way in car/truck accidents in Saudi Arabia.
Come learn to keep your family and your community safe on roads.
Learn to avoid such treacherous accidents from happening on our highways.
See that horizontal bar mounted behind the rear wheels of the trailer? That’s the Under-run Protection Bar:
It is also installed on the front and the sides
Accidents are designed to be bumper-to-bumper contact. This is because modern cars are constructed to keep the passenger compartment intact, whilst allowing the front and rear crumple zones to absorb the majority of the impact.
Crash test research has shown that this can reduce injury to the passenger.
Trucks have large overhangs and no bumper
A – Pillars
The A-pillars of a car are not designed to absorb or resist impacts. As a result, the passenger compartment takes the full brunt of the impact. This causes severe head and upper body injuries to the passengers. These type of accidents have an extremely high fatality rate.
As a result, in the case of a collision, the smaller and lower vehicle tends to “ride under” the truck’s long overhang
You can see how the rear end of a truck has deformed the A-pillars (ie. the vertical pillars on either side of the windshield):
That’s where the Under-run protection bar comes in. Think of it as a bumper for trucks:
The Under-run protection bar (front, rear, sides) enables small and large vehicles to make bumper-to-bumper contact. This greatly reduces fatalities & serious injuries to the occupants in the car.
PROBLEM: A lot of under-ride bars are not constructed well enough. This causes them to collapse when they are hit hard, or just on one side. This results in the car traveling under the truck.
After fixing the appointment of inspection, the working group (which is composed of two persons Technical and Quality) will go through the following:
14 Days Time
If Motabaqah finds that the device on the vehicle doesn’t match the standard, it will advise the client BEFORE reporting to SASO. This gives you 14 days to fix the Non Conformity (s).
If the client fails during these 14 days to fix the NCs, unfortunately the client loses are the expenses made and will have to resubmit the request.
There are many companies which are manufacturing the device and will install it on the trucks.
Their names can be found on the website of SASO.
A specific CODE on the Protective Device is mandatory.
The code of the standard device can be derived from SASO.
This code helps authorities know the details of the company, the manufacturer, the kinds of devices they have etc.
SR 5K Fine = Truck with NO Under-Run Protective Device
SR 4K Fine = Truck WITH an Under-Run Protective Device but NOT according to SASO Standards
It is a requirement from SASO to audit the companies, the manufacturers and factories to verify their licenses and compliance to SASO Standards.
Any company or factory found without a license, shall face shut down of their business activities besides the penalty.
MOTABAQAH is a Certified Body by SASO to conduct these audits and help you with all the process.
Furthermore, Saudi Customs, in coordination with SASO and MI, has forbidden the entrance of trucks and trailers entering or passing the Kingdom (Starting from Model 2018).
Once associated with Motabaqah it will be acknowledged on SASO website and hence,
you will be registered with us forever.
Not only inspection but also consultancy is our expertise.
We can counsel manufactures on know-how of dimensions and size on ALL types of vehicles and their Protective Devices.
Note: For each type of Under-Run Protective Device the Certificate is DIFFERENT. SO BE AWARE
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