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Question: Which is the safest spot on the bus to be sitting when in an accident?
A tbone would be pretty catastrophic, and given the length of the bus, likely happen in the middle, being rear ended would be a nightmare. Theoretically being in the front would likely be the safest, given the fact that the engine exists there. However, a front side impact would likely be a significant mess. Though perhaps less than you would think, given the structure for the door and stairs.
So for the best outcome in an accident. One needs to experience the least amount of force and force is equal to mass times acceleration. I think it's pretty safe to assume that mass is a fixed number in this case so we need to change the speed of acceleration to reduce force. So the further you are away from the point of impact the more time the impact occurs over reducing the force experienced.
So basically figured out where the bus more likely to be hit and then sit as far away from that as possible. I think we would find that the back of the bus statistically would be the safest place to sit. As front end collisions are probably going to be at the highest rate of speed and rearing conditions are probably going to be at the lowest rate of speed.
Alternatively you could just try bubble wrap.
to be specific here. What is the heatmap probability of any particular spot being hit, and what is the heatmap of least likely to be impacted spots, overlayed on top of the heatmap, to account for any weird anomalies in data present.
But yes, bubble wrap is a very good answer.
Depends on the mass/inerria of the colliding vehicle.
I don't think a bus would even notice a sedan going 60-0 into its backside. Maybe even a small SUV. A semi with a 55ft trailer would be a different story.
i mean, unless you're sitting in the very back, yeah it probably won't be noticeable. Unless you were. Though they are situated pretty high up, so a sedan is probably going to get the lifted f150 treatment anyway.
Depends on the type of accident, but generally as far away from the point of impact with the bus as possible.
On balance of likelihood that's going to be the back of bus.
High speed rear end is unlikely for a city bus. Most likely the bus rear ends someone because it can't stop in time, or a head-on collision of some kind on a narrow road.
im talking, which spot on the bus, is statistically least likely to get you injured in a crash, level of specificity. Near back of the bus is a pretty good contender though.
That's what I meant too, so yeah. Other than the driver's seat of course.
Above the rear tyre on the side of the bus away from oncoming traffic.
Being someone who always over thinks things I used to sit there for my school commute. So I was less than impressed when the bus dropped that wheel off a cliff on a windy road.
Managed to drag back onto the road at least so I didn't get to test the survivability of my seating arrangement in free fall.
you would think it's simple, but the second you start to consider things, it starts to make less sense, notably, i think the most important aspect would be your bus route. Taking a lot of turns that expose you to potential side collisions is objectively worse, than not.