accident survivability in DP motorhome
This has been one thing running through my mind since our new DP purchase last month. Now the dually we had was engineered to adsorb (as all cars & trucks)a collision. The energy transfer in modern ca...
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Many, many years ago a Winnebago Class A went over the side off of a mountain road and the wooden box just broke apart as the chassis went down the hill on the wheels. The coach didn't turn over or roll, but was totally smashed. Now, coaches are built much stronger now with steel or aluminum frames attached to the steel chassis, so they should survive better. Generally, a thin fiberglass shell is attached to the frame at the front, but that's about all that protects the drive and passenger. Just behind the front shell are frame members that may offer some protection in an accident, but probably not a lot in a roll over.
