used vans

The government in the UK has stated that it is looking into the possibility of offing van owners a £1K to get rid of their old van a long as they are older than 9 years. The logic behind this was much the same as the government’s car buy-back initiate. The idea was to both the remove unsafe and old cars from the UK’s roads and also kick the new car markets into action at the same time. Seeing as there just less than 3.3 million active vans that are nine years old or more in the UK, the argument for doing the same for vans is strong. Also new vans filter into the van lease market over time so there are knock on positive effects. Which are the most important new safety developments in newer van then?

Stronger chassis. Something that has been seen in almost all new vans is a dramatic increase the strength of chassis. Vans have traditionally be used to carry large heavy loads and their chassis have always been strong. However, what was being found it that chassis were weakening over time and causing some dangerous accidents when they gave way. This has been addressed in new van design, with the metals of the chassis being stronger and treated to resist against erosion.

Airbags. Airbags have been around for quite a while now but where introduced into vans much later than their where in cars. Even then, for the majority of vans there were only front airbags placed in the steering wheel and maybe passage area. The latest batch of vans comprise multi-directional and dampening airbags.

Electric handbrakes. Carrying heavy loads, as mentioned previously, is something that vans are designed to do. Older vans were subject to handbrake failure quite frequently as they could not handle the strains they were subject to, leading to all sorts of accidents taking place. This was a particular issue with Citroen van leasing. Newer van models often come with electric handbrakes that lock on automatically and are more efficient so will reduce the wear they suffer.

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