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Transport committee  No, I didn't make a comment on safety arms on motorcoaches. We are currently in the practice of installing safety arms on our vehicles. I'm familiar with that on a school bus, but I haven't seen that on a motorcoach—certainly not, from our side, being delivered out of the factory

April 9th, 2019Committee meeting

John-Paul Pelletier

Transport committee  That's correct.

April 9th, 2019Committee meeting

John-Paul Pelletier

Transport committee  Where we've seen a difference with bird's-eye view cameras is.... They're typically designed to aid in low-speed manoeuvring. As you can imagine, manoeuvring a 45-foot long, 102-inch wide motorcoach can be fairly challenging. We use the bird's-eye view camera particularly in and

April 9th, 2019Committee meeting

John-Paul Pelletier

Transport committee  I think perhaps you are referring to my comment on high-mounted stoplights.

April 9th, 2019Committee meeting

John-Paul Pelletier

Transport committee  My expertise lies on the motorcoach side, although we're part of New Flyer. I've worked on the coach side of the business for the majority of my career, so while I am somewhat familiar with transit buses. I'm much more familiar with motorcoaches. I would agree that there are diff

April 9th, 2019Committee meeting

John-Paul Pelletier

Transport committee  Well, at this point in time, we've focused on three-point restraints. That's what has been regulated in the U.S., and is coming in Canada. I can't say that we've taken a look at anything beyond that, in terms of an active restraint. We focused on the three-point restraints and se

April 9th, 2019Committee meeting

John-Paul Pelletier

Transport committee  Potentially, yes. At this point in time, we haven't had a requirement or a need to develop a specific seat for a toddler or infant. I think the challenge with that would be that you deal, as Mr. Switzer mentioned, with a wide range of occupants using the same vehicle. We haven't

April 9th, 2019Committee meeting

John-Paul Pelletier

Transport committee  Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee on bus passenger safety. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to join the committee to speak on bus passenger safety. New Flyer Industries on the transit bus side and Motor Coach Industries of the coach business, b

April 9th, 2019Committee meeting

John-Paul Pelletier