Car Design News
Huddersfield University Show 2005
David Barrett's R-T-A Response Vehicle is designed to improve the response to road traffic accidents in urban and congested areas. The vehicle contains all the necessary equipment, including paramedic and essential fire fighting equipment. In addition to this it would be able to get to the scene faster than an ambulance or fire engine due to its size and agility. With a width of just 1200mm, a length of 3595mm and a top speed of over 115mph it can transport two highly trained crew members and all the equipment through traffic with agility that's normally associated with motorcycles. To increase stability at high speeds the equipment has been positioned to lower and centralise the vehicles centre of gravity and it has also been fitted with a vari-track system, that allows the track of the front wheels to extend by up to 300mm.