I didn't buy an RV

ghostrider421 wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:

Solid, rigid construction was proven years ago to offer inferior protection in accidents, hence why modern automobiles are engineered to dissapate energy thru crumple zones and the like. Your basic RV full of plastic, luan panels, aluminum and other lightweight materials is much safer in a collision than your grandfather's solid steel Cadillac Coupe DeVille.

Believe me when I say you're just full of yourself in that statement. Kevin Hart just was in an accident in a 70s Plymouth 'Cuda and walked away from it. Had he been in a new vehicle they'd be picking him up with a stick and a spoon. That old Plymouth had steel in it - it wouldn't crumble like todays vehicle with airbags. He wouldn't have had the engine sitting in his lap either!

I'll take an old CDV or a schoolie any day of the week. You never see schoolies completely wrecked because they are still building them the same way as 50 yrs ago - with steel.

wprvo, you are correct that modern passenger vehicles are generally safer than even grandmas old Coupe Deville in a crash, but it's a real stretch to use this same logic for a large rolling wood and cardboard box just becasue it "crumples" when you crash it. The wrong part crumples dude. Chassis is a rigid med duty truck frame with mostly no frontal crumple zone or driver/passenger protection (talking class a here) and the rollover protection is about zilch for an 8" tall box that wouldn't pass the Tuff Shed test.