windshield trauma
Anyone have a a windshield crack going over speed bumps in an RV park? I've never seen speed bumps inside an rv park until we visited here in S. Austin. These things are (measured) six inches tall. We...
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Nomadac wrote:Raymon wrote:
The OP stated " We had to negotiate a 90 degree turn with very little room to swing into the turn...." Making a extremely tight turn on a high speed bump most likely caused the body of the MH to "rack" as is referred to in engineering terms. Racking would cause the windshield opening to no longer be true and square. This would put a lot of force on the windshield at one of the "out-of-square" corners and could possibly cause a windshield to crack.
Very possible if the frame flexed going over the high speed bump at an angle.
Although I might be very upset if this incident had happened to me, I am not sure I would blame the campground owner. I would have to somehow prove the owner was negligent. Very hard in this case.
Ray
Owner would be negligent putting a speed bum on a curve where the MH could not go over the speed bump squarely with both front tires at the same time, thus causing the frame to flex it twist.
If this were the case then every entrance to every shopping center or gas station in the country would also be at fault because many of them are much more of an incline or drop than 6 inches and cannot be crossed at an angle so both tires can go over them at the same time.
Many speed bumps all over the country are at an angle so you cannot cross them squarely.
Pogoil.
