So I'm guessing School busses are fairly solid

[qube_TA]

saw this on Reddit this morning, amazed how poorly the SUV came off compared to the bus which has barely a dent.

[militantmandy]

Wow. That is a serious mess. School bus is either made of adamantium or the hummer is made of tinfoil.

[hyperblue]

Doesn't look like anyone sitting in the front would've survived that.

[SSBB]

I believe these things are designed not to crumple. And the back in some of them is raised and slopes down toward the rear axle to ensure anything hitting the back is squashed underneath. To protect the children.

[once]

Ouch! My guess is that the hummer hit something else before hitting the bus. This is just where it came to rest. There's a little matter of working out where the engine went...

[ZOLLAR]

hyperblue said:

Doesn't look like anyone sitting in the front would've survived that.

And if they did I bet they wish they hadn't.

[JMGS4]

These yank busses are actually on a truck (lorry) chassis, i.e. massive H frame and if an unapproved (crash test) SUV or Pick-up hits one it's bound to come off worse...

SUVs and Pick-ups in the states are built as commercial vehicles and thus do not have to meet the stringent passenger vehicle crash test parameters which cars have to meet.... that's also why they're relatively cheap...and that's why they come off worse in an accident with a lorry/Schoolbus

[redtwin]

They are built on a heavy duty chassis and are raised specifically for that reason, to keep the children above the impact zone.



I can't think of any car that would survive hitting those chassis rails at that angle and at a height well above the car's crumple zones. I imagine A pillars aren't designed for shearing loads.

[Deva Link]

hyperblue said:

Doesn't look like anyone sitting in the front would've survived that.

That crash was from years ago - the driver wasn't seriously injured.

After a series of crashes, US school buses were redesigned to make them stronger. Hummers sold for domestic use aren't very robust.

[matthias73]

Deva Link said:

That crash was from years ago - the driver wasn't seriously injured.

.

HOW?

[OllieC]

[matthias73]

Close call for the driver then.

[redtwin]

matthias73 said:

HOW?

Look at the massive chrome wheels, the Hummer driver probably had the seat reclined way back "gangster" stylee.

[Bill]

JMGS4 said:

These yank busses are actually on a truck (lorry) chassis, i.e. massive H frame and if an unapproved (crash test) SUV or Pick-up hits one it's bound to come off worse...

SUVs and Pick-ups in the states are built as commercial vehicles and thus do not have to meet the stringent passenger vehicle crash test parameters which cars have to meet.... that's also why they're relatively cheap...and that's why they come off worse in an accident with a lorry/Schoolbus

This. The only solid part of the Hummer (ie the chassis) went under the bus.

[matthias73]

redtwin said:

matthias73 said:

HOW?

Look at the massive chrome wheels, the Hummer driver probably had the seat reclined way back "gangster" stylee.

Plus one to you sir, plus one

[k-ink]

The only real Hummer is the original.

[DanDC5]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Which, as a car, is fking awful.

But that might be the one thing to kill a school bus.

[OllieC]

DanDC5 said:

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Which, as a car, is fking awful.

But that might be the one thing to kill a school bus.

With the .50 cal ?

[k-ink]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

k-ink said:

The only real Hummer is the original.

Which, as a car, is fking awful.

As a car I am sure all variants are utter ste. But that is not why they are purchased. Only one of them matches the image to the ability.

[ZakTroy]

Shame the school buses in the UK are 20 year old heaps of crap eh!