Bott: This is how the vario3 system works 🎥

Bott Schweiz AG tested the behavior of the special interior equipment in a real crash.

Bott International regularly conducts crash tests according to current guidelines in cooperation with the automotive industry, TÜV and other neutral testing institutes. Recently, Bott Schweiz AG tested on the occasion of a real crash test - in cooperation with Bott Germany - at the Dynamic Test Center (DTC) in Vauffelin/BE.

Danger due to unsecured load
Drivers of vehicles up to 3.5 tons (passenger cars, station wagons, SUVs and vans) still pay little or no attention to the safe transport of cargo - which can have fatal consequences. Poorly or unsecured cargo is dangerous for passengers and other involved parties.

The correct load securing systems are essential for the correct loading of goods transport, which was impressively demonstrated by means of this crash test under real conditions (collision with a stationary vehicle at 60 km/h).

Connection points on the vehicle
Here, the behavior of individual components and the strength of the connection points on the vehicle are precisely tested in an emergency. All bott vario3 products withstand, for example, the standard loads according to ECE R44 or DIN 1789.

The bott vario3 in-vehicle equipment consists of a material mix of aluminum and plastic. This ensures the optimum ratio between safety and lowest dead weight and thus maximum payload.

The responsibility always travels with
Many drivers of light transport vehicles are not sufficiently aware of their responsibility. Even a little carelessness in securing the load can make a significant difference in the event of a traffic accident.

When buying a new vehicle, it is not only cubic meters, payload and cost that are decisive. In this vehicle category in particular, the issue of load and occupant safety is just as important, as poorly secured loads represent a potential hazard.

Withstood all loads
Raphael Murri, head of passive safety at the DTC: "The bott vario3 in-vehicle equipment installed, including its add-on parts, withstood the loads. The connection points to the floor and wall held securely. No parts on the equipment came loose and nothing was thrown forward."

Proper assembly is very important
Daniel Mauerhofer, Sales Manager Bott Schweiz AG: "The corresponding consequences of professional transport securing could be convincingly demonstrated with this crash test. This also includes proper assembly of in-vehicle equipment, as carried out by Bott Schweiz AG together with its certified assembly partners throughout Switzerland."

Training lessons make sense
Patrick Schneider, Managing Director of Bott Schweiz AG and load securing expert: "Although more and more driver assistance systems are becoming established in the vehicle categories up to 3.5 tons, training lessons on the subject of load securing, such as are mandatory for truck drivers, make sense. As a supplier of vehicle and operating equipment, Bott offers basic and advanced training courses at the Bott Academy or at the customer's site, in addition to in-vehicle equipment products."

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