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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How do these DP motor homes fair in a frontal collisions. Anyone been in one? I can say this is about the only thing that worries me compared to my old Fiver/dually.
There is a lot of documented information regarding the "front windshields" of Class A's in 'minor' accidents. The windows explode and the occupants usually die from the implosion of the windows.
A Class C is on a van/truck chassis that MUST comply with crash specifications. Same with pulling a FW, the 'tow vehicle truck' MUST comply with crash specifications.
I have met many RV'ers where sometimes all that has to happen is a vehicle bump into any where on the front of a Class A and the windshield cracks. Love em, but IMHO there is NO protection what so ever in a Class A regarding a front end or side front end collisions.
