why are american school busses’ back tire built like that

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I just watched a quiet place: day 1 and realized the bus looked like school busses I usually found while watching american shows. Why are the rear tires of the bus designed too far to the center hence the bus looks unbalanced?

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They’re still well behind the buses center of gravity. All the heavy stuff on a school bus is in the front and/or low down on the chassis. Behind the wheels is mostly just empty space and sheet metal so it’s not heavy relatively speaking.

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