BUS ROLLOVER TEST The Transit Office of the Florida Department of Transportation and the Crashworthiness and Impact Analysis Laboratory at the Florida A&M University – Florida State University joint College of Engineering have the pleasure of inviting you for a rollover test of a paratransit bus. WHAT: WHEN: WHERE: WHY: A rollover test of a paratransit bus per Florida Crash and Safety Assessment Standard. Thursday, April 28, 2011, 10:30 am FDOT TRIPS Bus Testing & Inspection Facility, 2612 Springhill Road, Tallahassee, FL 32305 There is a growing trend to replace static vehicle crash tests with dynamic tests as these have been proven to resemble real world crashes. The Florida Standard applies to paratransit buses and utilizes a tilt table, based on tests successfully implemented abroad. The dynamic rollover tests include simulated passenger load with a bus dropped from the tilt table onto a concrete platform. R.S.V.P.: If you plan on attending please reply by April 8, 2011. CONTACT: Jeff Siervogel, Technical Manager, Crashworthiness and Impact Analysis Laboratory, FAMU‐FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, FL 32310‐6046, siervje@eng.fsu.edu, (850) 410‐
6510 MORE INFO: http://www.tripsflorida.org/pdfs/Crash and Safety Testing Standard.pdf http://www.eng.fsu.edu/~wekezer/current_projects.html