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Ouchie that’s a meagcrash. Hope everyone was ok.
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a bit of duck tape or gaffa tape should fix that and carry on
What’s with the female persona Tobes? I’m for equality and that but….
Ay, av u bn drinking son
simcor:
Ouchie that’s a meagcrash. Hope everyone was ok.Sent from my CPH2173 using Tapatalk
I wouldn’t bet on the driver’s chances.A classic example of a driving position putting the drivers chest and neck area at the level of a truck load deck with just the windscreen for protection.While the bus chassis is at the perfect height to defeat the truck’s underrun protection.
the maoster:
What’s with the female persona Tobes? I’m for equality and that but….
Ffs has Toby gone full on trans?? 
simcor:
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The driver was not…
the maoster:
What’s with the female persona Tobes? I’m for equality and that but….
Whydya have to use the name of my ArchEnemy guy?
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carryfast is correct, just look how low down the coach driver sits in relation to the height of the under run bar on the rear of the traylor
Running into a truck from behind is always going to have a risky outcome whether coach, car or at least cab over trucks.
But this type of murderous design, putting drivers in the worst possible position v load deck height with no frontal protection, is unforgivable.
It could also be mitigated by allowing zero overhang with axles brought to the rear of the vehicle/trailer adding to underrun protection.
There was a serious bus crash locally back in the 1980s A single decker ended up actually inside a Bristol VR. The DD driver died a few months later from his injuries. There is very little strength in the front of a front entrance bus.
carryfast : these are a common site around Europe with the driver wearing insulated clothing and goggles
cav551:
There was a serious bus crash locally back in the 1980s A single decker ended up actually inside a Bristol VR. The DD driver died a few months later from his injuries. There is very little strength in the front of a front entrance bus.
But equally not much strength in a truck body above its chassis and load deck height.
In this case it should/would be the driver’s legs not torso in the firing line in the case of a truck v truck or proper cab height coach v truck rear end shunt type crash.
Basically it’s using local low floor bus type construction for distance motorway use and this is the predictable result.
Isobella Ferreria:
carryfast : these are a common site around Europe with the driver wearing insulated clothing and goggles
Think there’d be marginally better odds of walking away from seriously rear ending an artic with that front engine configuration than this.
Carryfast:
Running into a truck from behind is always going to have a risky outcome whether coach, car or at least cab over trucks.
But this type of murderous design, putting drivers in the worst possible position v load deck height with no frontal protection, is unforgivable.
It could also be mitigated by allowing zero overhang with axles brought to the rear of the vehicle/trailer adding to underrun protection.
How would you design a coach? Driver on the top deck?
They’re perfectly safe if you don’t hit stationary traffic at speed.
Isobella Ferreria:
carryfast is correct, just look how low down the coach driver sits in relation to the height of the under run bar on the rear of the traylor
They don’t sit that low, the coach in question is a Plaxton Interdeck, the driver sits a good 5ft above the ground so well above the underrun bar, more in line with the actual trailer bed. The driver got away with “serious injuries” which considering he’s hit the back of the truck at at least 50mph (going by the trailer damage) he had a lucky escape
nickyboy:
Isobella Ferreria:
carryfast is correct, just look how low down the coach driver sits in relation to the height of the under run bar on the rear of the traylorThey don’t sit that low, the coach in question is a Plaxton Interdeck, the driver sits a good 5ft above the ground so well above the underrun bar, more in line with the actual trailer bed. The driver got away with “serious injuries” which considering he’s hit the back of the truck at at least 50mph (going by the trailer damage) he had a lucky escape
The driver clearly doesn’t sit as high as a truck driver.To the point where it’s the the torso that is in line with the truck load deck as opposed to a truck driver’s legs .A truck cab is also made up of more frontal metal shielding in that regard as opposed to just a windscreen for the poor bus driver.
As for the underrun bar that’s at the perfect height to be defeated by the strongest part of the bus cab the floor.
If that had been a supposed 50 mph impact all that would have been left of the driver would have been a pair of legs to bury.