United States Department of Transportation
Safety Study of Double-Decker Motorcoaches with Rear Luggage Compartment: Technology Brief
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2017-12-01
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Abstract:The study was conducted through a combination of analyses and tests with a double-decker motorcoach. State transportation safety and law enforcement officials were consulted, and the study plan was revised according to their comments. An exemplar motorcoach, a Van Hool TD925, was examined under three loading conditions: a reference condition with ballast to represent a full load of passengers and their normal luggage without a rear luggage compartment; a regulatory loading condition with the same amount of ballast and a rear luggage compartment attached, and a maximum loading condition with the vehicle weighted to its gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) and with a rear luggage compartment attached.
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Main Document Checksum:urn:sha256:f50d95c63ba9b7915e2936ee8a0019cee3db0e6361d8d67c327a7461ebeaa98b
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