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Title: Buses battle it out on test track
Post by: Jeremy on August 23, 2016, 05:50:10 AM
Mildly interesting video on the BBC website today:

Buses battle it out on test track
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/37158521 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/37158521)


Jeremy

Title: Re: Buses battle it out on test track
Post by: DoubleEagle on August 23, 2016, 06:39:55 PM
It might not be a battle exactly, one is following the other, and they both look very similar. We need more action!  ;)
Title: Re: Buses battle it out on test track
Post by: Jeremy on August 24, 2016, 01:22:49 AM
If you insist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhtLfm-xhCM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhtLfm-xhCM)

Jeremy
Title: Re: Buses battle it out on test track
Post by: Oonrahnjay on August 24, 2016, 03:07:32 AM
Quote from: Jeremy on August 24, 2016, 01:22:49 AM
If you insist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhtLfm-xhCM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhtLfm-xhCM)

Jeremy

     "Not Available in Your Country" but here's proof that those double-deckers are unstable and prone to turning over:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JURJGAgM_Tc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JURJGAgM_Tc)
Title: Re: Buses battle it out on test track
Post by: Jeremy on August 24, 2016, 04:36:18 AM
Quote from: Oonrahnjay on August 24, 2016, 03:07:32 AM
     "Not Available in Your Country" but here's proof that those double-deckers are unstable and prone to turning over:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JURJGAgM_Tc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JURJGAgM_Tc)

My link was to the Top Gear bus racing ("In the name of science") feature which I'm sure everyone has seen before. I didn't know that rival (and inferior) show Fifth Gear had done something similar (but inferior). Top Gear do actually manage to put one of the double-deckers on it's side, but only by driving it up a bank

Jeremy
Title: Re: Buses battle it out on test track
Post by: DoubleEagle on August 24, 2016, 06:22:03 AM
Quote from: Oonrahnjay on August 24, 2016, 03:07:32 AM
     "Not Available in Your Country" but here's proof that those double-deckers are unstable and prone to turning over:


Pretty good, and they refer to old Volvo's as "bricks", these should be referred to as Double Bricks. I doubt that they would try those maneuvers with a full load of passengers, but, nonetheless, they did pretty well.
Title: Re: Buses battle it out on test track
Post by: Oonrahnjay on August 24, 2016, 09:29:43 AM
Quote from: DoubleEagle on August 24, 2016, 06:22:03 AMPretty good, and they refer to old Volvo's as "bricks", these should be referred to as Double Bricks. I doubt that they would try those maneuvers with a full load of passengers, but, nonetheless, they did pretty well.   

    Yeah, you just can't lean 'em over ...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-fZA1NJtPA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-fZA1NJtPA)