RV Crash Safety & Illusions of Safety

With a class C it seems to me that you are really at the mercy of the coach manufacturer to build in safety features. Your observations about safety considerations in your unit are probably not out of the ordinary for a class C. Without a bunch of testing, it is probably difficult to say how much your planned mods will improve safety, although they sound to me like an improvement to what's there now. One thing though that I would think about is the potential responsibility you are assuming by making these kinds of mods particularly when it comes to subsequent owners/users of your unit. Also, do you feel competent to design appropriate safety mods and are you going to be able to find someone willing to implement your designs. You have raised an important issue that I don't think those of us with RV's have thought enough about. It would be interesting to hear what the RV manufacturers have to say about this.