A broken saddle, a bent frame and a trailer on its side - a sudden maneuver with a tank container

The fire department in Parchim in northeastern Germany has published a set of very telling photos today. They are a perfect illustration of the forces that can act on a semi-trailer with a tank container when trying to perform sudden manoeuvres. The Scania R-series that we see in the photos was moving on the German A14 motorway on Monday afternoon. Near the Schwerin junction, the driver lost control of it, the combination then veered to the righ…