Originally Posted by ALBUQ F-1
I've always wondered why they don't make school buses lower, they look like Conestoga wagons. Seems like they would be real prone to rollover. A design like this would help.
My wife drives school bus and this year the bus company bought two bus to try out a new design and she drives one.
The bus is still rear wheel drive but the floor is lower than a regular bus and the ceiling is higher. The lower design is to help prevent children from going underneath the bus.
My wife's route is in a rural area and I wonder how this new design will work in a major snow fall. We haven't had one this year but in years past it has gotten pretty deep and I have a feeling this new design is going to get hung up in the deep snow or at the very least the lower panels will be damaged. She says the bus gets hung up on some driveway aprons.