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And I can barely parallel park. FML. 

 

That is something I barely ever did in SA.  You always parked your car either in your garage or at a shopping mall of some sort.  Comming to Germany I very quickly had to work on those skills again.  We parallel park every day here.

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driven rear wheels?

Amazing, I've seen trucks with loads as long as that one, not sure if it is rear wheel driven but I know that the rear axles can turn very sharp, even sharper than on the video here.

 

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Amazing, I've seen trucks with loads as long as that one, not sure if it is rear wheel driven but I know that the rear axles can turn very sharp, even sharper than on the video here.

 

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In Munich we have these busses as shown in the picture below.  It is a bus with a trailer unit.  What is interresting is that the trailer turns itself as well.  I noticed the other day how they effortlesly go around tight corners.

 

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We have these, but have no idea if the rear turns

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Dual wheels at the back, so not steerable.

 

driven rear wheels?

Not driven, but steerable.

 

A guy I know is an engineer that specializes in abnormal loads. It's a very interesting field.

For the Caledon windfarm project he had to build a computer model of the terrain around one specific corner to see if they'll make it. And for certain components they had to take a different route as there was a bridge that wasn't strong enough.

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