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This seems a little odd. I fall asleep in vehicles as a passenger sometimes, but have that peace of mind of being in a safety belt and with some air bags aroun
by buro9 9y ago
This seems a little odd.
I fall asleep in vehicles as a passenger sometimes, but have that peace of mind of being in a safety belt and with some air bags around me.
On a plane, an accident is unlikely to occur... same with a train.
I don't think I'd want to fully trust my life to a bus driver (and all of the third parties out on the road that could trigger an incident on the road) without some means to mitigate that risk.
But nothing on their site or literature seems to provide information on personal safety were an incident to occur.
It seems bizarre to me that people would get into a vehicle for a long overnight drive, and not demand a minimum degree of safety.
For a bus, maybe this would be something like airline style seats that fully recline and offer comfortable belts and a single airbag.
This is all probably good for the US, but would be a non-starter in Europe.
- koide 9y agoYou know there are overnight busses in Europe, right? With barely a seat belt.
- buro9 9y agoMust be older vehicles. Seat belt installation has been mandatory for a number of years via EU legislation (though each country had their own timetable I believe all do now require new vehicles to be fitted with seat belts). Seat belt use is mandatory on coaches (all passenger carrying vehicles), and no exception would allow for permanently lying down... the only coach exception is if temporarily out of seat. Air bags are not mandatory other than in the cabin. Required fitting directive (member states applied it in 2006): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:l24274 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:... Mandatory use: https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/topics/vehicles/seat_belts_en https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/topics/vehicles/s...
- the_mitsuhiko 9y agoStill against the law. So is lying in beds in a bus. This keeps coming up sometimes with tour busses.
- rwallace 9y agoWhat's the actual fatality rate in buses per million miles travelled? It might be not quite as good as planes and trains, but I'm pretty sure it's far better than cars.