Elddis has stepped up its efforts to promote the company’s ongoing ‘Belts = Berths’ motorhome passengers safety campaign.
Now over a year old, the initiative has seen the tourer manufacturer strive to ensure that every sleeping berth designated on their vehicles is provided with its own specific seat belt.
It’s an initiative that the company is passionate about and something it believes is essential to basic onboard safety.
Despite Elddis’ dedication to this cause, the manufacturer is the only UK motorhome provider to currently adhere to such rules.
As company director Rob Quine argues: “It is wholly inappropriate for a responsible motorhome converter to develop and offer for sale, for example, a four berth motorhome which has only two seat belts.It is just wrong!”
The result is the ‘Belts = Berths’ campaign, which sees Elddis make seatbelt provision a priority, with these safety straps undergoing extensive testing to ensure they are safe and compliant with European Safety regulations.
Elddis is commited to safety and made a point of detailing their extremely thorough crash tests, which they believe are the best in the industry as their ‘<' . strtolower('Array') href="http://www.elddis.co.uk/news/elddis-still-the-safest-motorhomes-in-the-uk"a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website describes:
“The test is a simulated crash test where the force applied to the seat belt and frame is calculated taking into account the deceleration which occurs in a 70mph crash, the weight of two adults sitting in the seats, and the weight of the frame itself.
“The frame is fitted onto a test rig which is constructed around the motorhome’s chassis and the seat frame…The loads applied can be as high as 4500kgs (4.5 tonne) and these are applied to simulate the rapid loads applied in a crash situation.”
Elddis have made safety a priority in recent years – becoming the first UK manufacturer to gain EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval for their motorhomes in 2009.
With road safety an increasingly important concern across the UK’s busy road network, other manufacturers would be advised to take note.
