School Transportation News Magazine | November 2009
Simply Better... Because it Matters!
Over the Shoulder Securement
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BESI securement vests are dynamically tested to meet the FMVSS safety standards
A finite element analysis model of the M2K 39-inch seat that analyzed the strength of the seat frame in an FMVSS 207-210 test to verify that the seat would exceed the requirement by at least 20 percent. The colored bands represent different levels of stresses in the steel frame, which helped Syntec adjust welding locations and change to a thinner high-strength steel to reduce weight before the first seat was built for testing.
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Testing vs. Certification In the end, companies understand they must wait until the
testing goes into effect to attain certification under the NHTSA rule. Although companies can perform the quasi-static test on their seats, they must also perform the final test on an actual school bus or a section of one. “Seats do not meet 222, vehicles meet 222,” added IMMI’s
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James Johnson. “We’ve had our seat tested independently on a hard deck, and it leads me to believe that once it’s installed in the vehicle, the vehicle will very easily pass 222. When you do it outside of the vehicle, it’s practice; then you place it inside the vehicle and the game starts.” CAPE is currently in the process of updating its testing facility
so it can conduct the new quasi-static test in-house. In the end, all the players in the market have put in the time,
money and forethought to assure their seats will meet and ex- ceed any requirements that NHTSA has or will require of school bus seats. It is the thought of all companies that their products, while contributing to the overall success of their balance sheets, must do their job first and foremost, keeping children safe to and from school every day. “We started this for the safety benefits, not the profit bene- fits,” added CE White’s Knapp. n
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