5 Fascinating Truck Facts Most People Aren't Aware Of
Kudos if you already knew these.
If you didn't, then feel free to impress your friends or boost your trivia night IQ with these 5 random but interesting facts about trucks:
- The first “truck” was Gottlieb Daimler’s 1896 Phoenix, which was powered by a 4-horsepower 2-cylinder engine
- Compared to today’s trucks, trucks from just 2 decades ago produced up to 60 times more harmful emissions
- The longest truck of all time was a 4,836 ft road train that hauled 112 semi-trailers in Australia in 2006
- Traveling at 65mph, the average car needs about 300 feet before it comes to a complete stop, while the average full semi needs at least twice as much
- The maximum weight a big rig can hold is 80,000 pounds, which roughly equals 20 cars or 450 people
