04-01-2019, 03:35 PM
04-02-2019, 01:34 AM
I am not sure there will be enough data. With cars and light truck crashes, we have hundreds and thousands of accidents and then the government and Insurance Institute crash tests.
04-02-2019, 08:13 AM
I"m wondering about Newell's aluminum sides, and their fiberglass front and rear caps (especially the front!) and wondering if that's as safe as Prevost bus steel cage
04-02-2019, 09:01 AM
I don’t think it matters very much....At the risk of engaging in a “Which is best...Apple or Orange Debate”...here are my thoughts. Let’s start with what a crash looks like in a bus.
Bus test crash video
Prevost or Newell...no one is gonna enjoy that ride.
In the words of the owner / President of Newell Coach.....talking about Bus conversions....
The Newell chassis and body structure is stronger below the floor line, allowing more and larger-sized slide-outs to be cut into the body above the floor without creating structural issues. The floor height and roof height of the Newell are optimized for interior headroom, plus we have the interior height to include flat-floor mechanisms within the fixed floor. A bus shell has significantly less interior headroom, headroom that is further compromised if aftermarket flat floor slides are installed. (No commercial bus shell is yet offered with factory-built flat-floor slide-outs.) - Karl Blade
So, in my opinion (and for what its worth). Buying a coach strictly on the basis of crash safety is missing the point. If you have a bad crash....it won’t matter what you drive.
The Newell is optimized for a coach that you live in and travel in....it is not built to carry 40 people from point A to point B.
Bill
Bus test crash video
Prevost or Newell...no one is gonna enjoy that ride.
In the words of the owner / President of Newell Coach.....talking about Bus conversions....
The Newell chassis and body structure is stronger below the floor line, allowing more and larger-sized slide-outs to be cut into the body above the floor without creating structural issues. The floor height and roof height of the Newell are optimized for interior headroom, plus we have the interior height to include flat-floor mechanisms within the fixed floor. A bus shell has significantly less interior headroom, headroom that is further compromised if aftermarket flat floor slides are installed. (No commercial bus shell is yet offered with factory-built flat-floor slide-outs.) - Karl Blade
So, in my opinion (and for what its worth). Buying a coach strictly on the basis of crash safety is missing the point. If you have a bad crash....it won’t matter what you drive.
The Newell is optimized for a coach that you live in and travel in....it is not built to carry 40 people from point A to point B.
Bill
04-02-2019, 10:45 AM
We also have a generator in front - not that it would matter much but it might save our dog’s lives and THAT is what is most important...
04-02-2019, 10:15 PM
I think the drivers steering wheel should be in back of the bus! Also a large screen tv with a forward camera to see the road would be helpful.
04-03-2019, 05:27 AM
I have pull the small recording camera (From Yi!) out of my Jeep and putting it on the top of the windshield while driving. This records everything the wide angle camera can see onto a 64gb memory stick which holds video for several days at high resolution. My wife figured out how to use the wifi capabilities to connect my phone or iPad to the camera to record video or pictures to the device - now my iPad is full of pictures from our last trip! I have TONs of pictures of pretty mountains and cows...