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matchless said:
nope but they are too big for our Roads as cannot go round a Roundabout without cutting the lanes, Get em orf the Roads I say!
Judging by their inbuilt desire to self destruct, they want to get off the roads too.
www.google.com/search?q=%2B%22fire%22+%2B%22bendy+bus%22
safespeed said:
matchless said:
nope but they are too big for our Roads as cannot go round a Roundabout without cutting the lanes, Get em orf the Roads I say!
Judging by their inbuilt desire to self destruct, they want to get off the roads too.
www.google.com/search?q=%2B%22fire%22+%2B%22bendy+bus%22
- StreakyATM they are destroying the centre of Swansea, converting 2 way streets into one way streets and causing untold congestion in the proccess just to allow their new 'Bendy-Bus' access to the centre of town.
They've employed 'Traffic Marshalls' to control the traffic while the work is caried out.
All for what - to have a bus with 90 empty seats rather than a bus with 50 empty seats 99% of the time. FFS
They've employed 'Traffic Marshalls' to control the traffic while the work is caried out.
All for what - to have a bus with 90 empty seats rather than a bus with 50 empty seats 99% of the time. FFS
streaky said:
safespeed said:
matchless said:
nope but they are too big for our Roads as cannot go round a Roundabout without cutting the lanes, Get em orf the Roads I say!
Judging by their inbuilt desire to self destruct, they want to get off the roads too.
www.google.com/search?q=%2B%22fire%22+%2B%22bendy+bus%22
- StreakyThis is a good one: www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/14/fire_breathing_buses_reattack/
The law relating to bendy buses was changed way back in the 80s to accommodate Blunderkitt and his cronies in the Soviet Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire.
Sheffield bought a number of these and found that whilst they could carry passengers, the law did not allow fare paying passengers because they were classed as an articulated vehicle. Of course being Blunderkitt and Labour they found this out after signing the deal with the manufacturer.
So for some years Sheffield people had the pleasure of being able to hop on and off these bendi buses and travel around the city centre for free on a shuttle service.
The law was subsequently changed. Sorry don't have the links to the legislation but being in South Yorks at the time as you can imagine it was of some amusement.
Sheffield bought a number of these and found that whilst they could carry passengers, the law did not allow fare paying passengers because they were classed as an articulated vehicle. Of course being Blunderkitt and Labour they found this out after signing the deal with the manufacturer.
So for some years Sheffield people had the pleasure of being able to hop on and off these bendi buses and travel around the city centre for free on a shuttle service.
The law was subsequently changed. Sorry don't have the links to the legislation but being in South Yorks at the time as you can imagine it was of some amusement.
Flat in Fifth said:
The law relating to bendy buses was changed way back in the 80s to accommodate Blunderkitt and his cronies in the Soviet Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire.
Sheffield bought a number of these and found that whilst they could carry passengers, the law did not allow fare paying passengers because they were classed as an articulated vehicle. Of course being Blunderkitt and Labour they found this out after signing the deal with the manufacturer.
So for some years Sheffield people had the pleasure of being able to hop on and off these bendi buses and travel around the city centre for free on a shuttle service.
The law was subsequently changed. Sorry don't have the links to the legislation but being in South Yorks at the time as you can imagine it was of some amusement.
Sheffield bought a number of these and found that whilst they could carry passengers, the law did not allow fare paying passengers because they were classed as an articulated vehicle. Of course being Blunderkitt and Labour they found this out after signing the deal with the manufacturer.
So for some years Sheffield people had the pleasure of being able to hop on and off these bendi buses and travel around the city centre for free on a shuttle service.
The law was subsequently changed. Sorry don't have the links to the legislation but being in South Yorks at the time as you can imagine it was of some amusement.
Yup,I can remember that.
vonhosen said:
Bendy bus isn't actually towing a trailer. The engines in the rear.
I've always wondered about this - are the driven wheels in the 'trailer' part too? Or is there some convoluted mechanical link, or possibly a hydraulic motor, powering the rear wheels of the front section?From my understanding of the Merc Citaros, then egine is in the rear driving the rear axle only through a transaxle.
I think some of the older ones had the engine in the front part and the back part was a trailer.
Maybe some of these new bus/train/tram look alikes have multi engines like wossname's old rallycross car.
Now that would be a sport to watch, rallycrossing articulated buses. Then again maybe not thinking about it..
I think some of the older ones had the engine in the front part and the back part was a trailer.
Maybe some of these new bus/train/tram look alikes have multi engines like wossname's old rallycross car.
Now that would be a sport to watch, rallycrossing articulated buses. Then again maybe not thinking about it..
SJobson said:
vonhosen said:
Bendy bus isn't actually towing a trailer. The engines in the rear.
I've always wondered about this - are the driven wheels in the 'trailer' part too? Or is there some convoluted mechanical link, or possibly a hydraulic motor, powering the rear wheels of the front section?Engine, gearbox & driven wheels are all in the rear.
A reporter wrote in the Grauniad last year about how much she loathed these buses from the point of view of a cyclist und for some reason poor rider ist very much SMIDSY und in gravest danger of being "SQUISHDY" too because of these idiotic buses. Europe has had them for a while.. but they are smaller ... not as long und of course .. they do have proper facilities for cyclists too.
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