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Aug 27, 2018Explorer
beemerphile1 wrote:Veebyes wrote:
...Sitting up there in that luxurious drivers seat of a class A really nice what with that huge windshield & all, but then there is the thought of what if I hit something. There is NOTHING to give me any protection. Just a few inches in front of my toes is air. No engine. No front end that has crumple zones & is designed to protect or at least minimise injury....
Excellent point.
The truck has very rigorous standards based on crash testing and many safety restraints/devices. Most class-A MH aren't much more than a stick built box on a chassis with very minimal safety devices and zero crash testing.
So they crash test pickup trucks with a 40' ft fiver weighing 16,000lbs plus to test the trucks crash ratings ... ? Man I'd just love to see that one. Hey, at least you won't see it coming.
Let's be honest. Either way, your pretty much going to have a bad day. Personally I practice safe and defensive driving. It goes a long way in avoiding problems. That wasn't ever a deciding factor in our buying decision. If I was that scared I'd never of owned a fiver with a dually either.
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