That's quite a bit more, over here (Germany) a semi still tops out at 16.5m or 51ft while a truck+trailer combo can be a good bit longer at 18.75m or 61.5ft. No individual part of that combo must be longer than 12m/ 39ft though. There are some experiments with a semi plus another extra trailer that can be much longer but those are the general restrictions.
From personal experience driving such a ~18.5m truck+trailer combo already massively sucks if you're driving on twisty single lane roads or through old villages so even as I really like their looks i don't think we'll ever change laws to bring back standard cab semis.
EicherDiesel t1_jch3hl2 wrote
Reply to comment by zap_p25 in Kenworth K100 working for 30 years. by Sloth_rockets
That's quite a bit more, over here (Germany) a semi still tops out at 16.5m or 51ft while a truck+trailer combo can be a good bit longer at 18.75m or 61.5ft. No individual part of that combo must be longer than 12m/ 39ft though. There are some experiments with a semi plus another extra trailer that can be much longer but those are the general restrictions.
From personal experience driving such a ~18.5m truck+trailer combo already massively sucks if you're driving on twisty single lane roads or through old villages so even as I really like their looks i don't think we'll ever change laws to bring back standard cab semis.