Class A design suggestions

rk911 wrote:

Chum lee wrote:

rk911 wrote:

Wiscampsin wrote:
Link to Newmar's bathroom emergency door with ladder. Great idea IMHO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_CQhfnNAaU

better than nothing but a retractable set of steps like those at the main entrance would be better in an emergency for people (who may be paniced) with mobility issues. bathroom, bedroom...doesn’t make much difference.

Think about what Newmar would have to do to create that. The radiator in the engine bay (at the rear of the MH in this case) would have to be moved because the steps would be in the way. The floor would have to be cut away in the bathroom similar to the front of the coach where you step down onto the exterior steps which extend below. If the extra door was located elsewhere you would lose basement storage space and probably other wall storage space. It's a vicious never ending cycle. MH space planning is a complex 3 dimensional problem best left to those who do it for a living. It's not the same as changing wall paper. Don't ask me how I know that.

Chum lee

I get all of that but OUR LIVES ARE A TAD MORE IMPORTANT THAN STORAGE SPACE.

OK I'll bite. Point me to some published accident statistics by NHTSB, DOT, Insurance statistics, whatever, showing that having an additional full size rear door (in lieu of an alternate escape window) with electric extendable steps in a Class A motor home has saved lives. And please make sure you post how many lives it has saved over how many years.

If you really believed that your life was in eminent danger, would you get into a motor home, or any other form of transportation? Please, . . . . a little dramatic don't ya think?

Now if you had a gorgeous trophy wife and you told her that she could no longer have her large storage closet, as far as she is concerned, your life MIGHT be in danger. (that's a joke for the comically challenged)

Chum lee