Bus collision statistics.
Discussion
premio said:
And also carry probably 20 times the passengers, so more calculator moments needed.
not if they are empty ?I've been hit by 2 busses in the last 3 years, one had 1 driver and 1 passenger where as my vehical had 4 people in it, and the 2nd had no one in it at all and my vehical had 6.
S0 What said:
not if they are empty ?
I've been hit by 2 busses in the last 3 years, one had 1 driver and 1 passenger where as my vehical had 4 people in it, and the 2nd had no one in it at all and my vehical had 6.
Ok well sadly I haven't been able to conduct a survey on all bus passengers in the uk, but given that single decker are 52 seaters, and double deckers are 80, and the majority of double deckers are in London, which is the city with the highest bus use, if you did want to take an average, they would probably average out at more than zero passengers per bus. I have no proof of this by the way, it's just a hunch. I've been hit by 2 busses in the last 3 years, one had 1 driver and 1 passenger where as my vehical had 4 people in it, and the 2nd had no one in it at all and my vehical had 6.
Sheffield does quite well for quantity of buses, they're regular and for the most part, on time. Because there's so many of them, especially around the town centre and uni housing areas, people get pissed off with them and try and get past asap. Though I cant explain why one ran into a tram 
talksthetalk said:
But they are four times the size of a car, so it averages out correctly.
Does that mean its ok if I drive a range rover and hit a few people, its 3x more acceptable than if I do it on a smart car as the rangie is 3x the lenght and mass?Buses are a menance and its time they were banned from city centres for the congestion they cause and the wanton disregard their drivers show other car drivers.
Plus the mass of the things seems to cause massive road damage. I find it no small co-incidence that the most rutted and damaged routes in Glasgow are bus routes.
Bus companies should be billed for the damage their vehicles to the road, the environment, and the cost passed on to the passangers who use them.
Immediately made me think of the crazy russian bus driver...
http://hypervocal.com/vids/2013/the-punisher-russi...
http://hypervocal.com/vids/2013/the-punisher-russi...
Well certainly 40% of the collisions which were classed as KSI to a bus passenger involved heavy braking, and whilst the buses only account for 3% of traffic, passengers accounted for 24% of injuries.
Personally, I find it disturbing that these drivers, who are supposed to be trained to higher standards, and have a financial incentive to remain collision free have so many collisions.
Personally, I find it disturbing that these drivers, who are supposed to be trained to higher standards, and have a financial incentive to remain collision free have so many collisions.
I was in a 2-lane road at a set of traffic lights recently, driving a hire van. The left lane contained a bus, next to me, to go straight on, and my right-hand lane was to turn right.
When the lights changed, bus man and I started driving forwards at about the same pace, except bus man started moving over towards me, to the point that his bus entered a bit of my lane, and the wing-mirror of my hire van went straight through and smashed the emergency exit window of the bus (which is toughened glass, and designed to be easily broken as an egress point and hence not that strong).
We all pulled over, and I was perfectly calm but bus man (who was also clearly foreign) jumped out, came to my window, and had a proper rant at me telling me I drove into him, accompanied with the usual kind of mediterrainian shouting, leaping around and wildly gesticulating... anyway once he'd calmed down, I informed him that the blame lay at his door.
He ranted at me 'no, no - is you fault, is you fault...the cameras on the bus will show theese, you see? You see?' Etc.
Fortunately for me, there were indeed external CCTV cameras on the bus - which saw the bus company pay out for a new mirror on the hire van, and go very quiet after that
When the lights changed, bus man and I started driving forwards at about the same pace, except bus man started moving over towards me, to the point that his bus entered a bit of my lane, and the wing-mirror of my hire van went straight through and smashed the emergency exit window of the bus (which is toughened glass, and designed to be easily broken as an egress point and hence not that strong).
We all pulled over, and I was perfectly calm but bus man (who was also clearly foreign) jumped out, came to my window, and had a proper rant at me telling me I drove into him, accompanied with the usual kind of mediterrainian shouting, leaping around and wildly gesticulating... anyway once he'd calmed down, I informed him that the blame lay at his door.
He ranted at me 'no, no - is you fault, is you fault...the cameras on the bus will show theese, you see? You see?' Etc.
Fortunately for me, there were indeed external CCTV cameras on the bus - which saw the bus company pay out for a new mirror on the hire van, and go very quiet after that
Think of all the types of people you see in a bus.
Now, put them in ones and twos into fogged up clapped out old s
tboxes which are all on the road between you and where you want to go. Say 12 cars per bus.
Because that is the alternative.
I have used a bus probably twice in the last 15 years, and also National Express twice in the same amount of time.
I can see why bus drivers want to get their "customers" off the bus and get back home quickly.
Now, put them in ones and twos into fogged up clapped out old s
tboxes which are all on the road between you and where you want to go. Say 12 cars per bus.Because that is the alternative.
I have used a bus probably twice in the last 15 years, and also National Express twice in the same amount of time.
I can see why bus drivers want to get their "customers" off the bus and get back home quickly.
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