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Tests are described and actual traffic accident situations are recounted where school buses equipped with Mor/ryde rubber spring suspension systems did not rollover when they would otherwise have been expected to do so. The details of this suspension system are described. The two outstanding features of this system are, first, the utilization of rubber blocks that are sandwiched between the axle and the rim, and second, the complete elimination of the rear leaf steel springs. Three main benefits are seen in this system: (1) safety--drivers enjoy better control, have constant wheel-to-road contact, and the bus is virtually roll-proof; (2) softer, smoother ride qualities stemming principally from the absence of metal-to-metal contact between the road and the bus body; side-to-side rocking is greatly reduced, and there is minimum tipping of the body while cornering; and (3) since all moving parts are rubber or rubber-insulated, they require little or no maintenance.

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  Bobit Publishing Company

  2500 Artesia Boulevard
  Redondo Beach, CA  United States  90278
• Publication Date: 1985-6

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 37-40
• Serial:
  • School Bus Fleet
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0036-6501
  • Serial URL: http://schoolbusfleet.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Riding qualities; Rollover crashes; Rubber; School buses; Suspension systems; Traffic crashes; Vehicle design; Vehicle safety; Vehicle tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Design; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450952
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 993
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM