From like a logical point of view, if you lay down with your feet towards the front, this seems like it would be extremely safe.
Chances are, you won’t get decelerated too strongly in a bus either way, because of inertia, but if you do, you’ve got the friction of your whole body to hold you in place. And if you do shoot forwards, you can put your feet against the front divider, so worst-case you’re gonna break your legs, which is unlikely to be fatal.
I think the proplem is with the head. As far as I remember you were only belted in the, uh… Belt region (if at all, old sleeper busses didn’t have belts), so the head was free to fly up and hit the bed above you or the window. Same thing would of course happen in a seated position, but due to the position, fewer limbs come flying and can hit stuff.
But I’m no researcher, this is just what makes sense to me based on the data provided.
From like a logical point of view, if you lay down with your feet towards the front, this seems like it would be extremely safe.
Chances are, you won’t get decelerated too strongly in a bus either way, because of inertia, but if you do, you’ve got the friction of your whole body to hold you in place. And if you do shoot forwards, you can put your feet against the front divider, so worst-case you’re gonna break your legs, which is unlikely to be fatal.
I think the proplem is with the head. As far as I remember you were only belted in the, uh… Belt region (if at all, old sleeper busses didn’t have belts), so the head was free to fly up and hit the bed above you or the window. Same thing would of course happen in a seated position, but due to the position, fewer limbs come flying and can hit stuff.
But I’m no researcher, this is just what makes sense to me based on the data provided.