See the following document for public comment. Thank you to RTT
subscribers who provided information in the early stages of the project.
Please contact me if you would like more background on the developemnt
of the Code. See also the ESV05 paper
THREE POINT SEAT BELTS ON COACHES - THE FIRST DECADE IN AUSTRALIA
http://idisk.mac.com/mpaineau-Public/ESV05_coach_sb_Griffiths.pdf
Regards
Michael Paine
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National Transport Commission [of Australia]
http://www.ntc.gov.au/DocView.aspx?page=A02311400400850020
August 2005
The Draft National Code of Practice for Retrofitting Passenger
Restraints to Buses & Coaches and the Engineering Certification Form for
Retrofitting Passenger Restraints in Existing Buses & Coaches are now
complete. Both these documents are the outputs of a detailed technical
review and update of the original guidelines (“Guidelines for the
Voluntary Modification of Existing Buses and Coaches to Improve Occupant
Protection”) developed in 1994 by the National Road Transport Commission
(NRTC), the Federal Office of Road Safety (FORS) and the Australian Bus
and Coach Association (ABCA).
The Draft Code of Practice has been prepared which sets out requirements
for modification of existing buses with the intention of improving
occupant protection in crashes. This Draft Code is intended to replace
the original guidelines and has been designed to provide detailed
guidance and technical procedures for engineers and manufacturers
involved in retrofitting passenger restraints to buses. The Draft
Engineering Checklist is to be used to record the necessary steps that
have been taken to ensure that upgrades to a bus have been performed in
accordance with the National Code of Practice.
The Draft National Code and the Draft Engineering Checklist have been
prepared by Mr Michael Paine (from Vehicle Design & Research), the
consultant appointed by the NTC to undertake the review and update of
the original guidelines. Both these documents have been through a
review process and have recently been endorsed by the Bus Seatbelts
Steering Committee.
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