www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-32082475
Looking at the pictures I am amazed that this bus has actually rolled over down the embankment.
The structure seems almost intact and even the mirrors don't seem to have been damaged?
Having previously seen photos of buses which have crumpled when hitting low bridges I am amazed at how this bus seems to have withstood a roll?
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>> Having previously seen photos of buses which have crumpled when hitting low bridges I am
>> amazed at how this bus seems to have withstood a roll?
The hoop structure of a bus is perfect for protection in rolling accidents, - think a series of roll cages.
However, its not perfect if you cut them off at the root with a bridge - think jaws of life.
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Ah now y'see, that's what they call an "Oasis" bus.
You get a roll with it.
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That's a coach rather than a bus. Roll-over standards for coaches were mandated after a series of fatal accidents in seventies/eighties. Rationale presumably being coaches travelling at higher speeds on inter-urban roads.
Quite how that works with the various express bus services round here that scoot along the M1 or A14 I don't know.
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Why would you not wear a seatbelt on a coach!
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>>Why would you not wear a seatbelt on a coach!
I always would/do. I have a fear of a coach sliding on its side and me falling through a window onto the road.
It happened to some people in an accident on the M24/M25 junction some years back, I believe.
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>> Having previously seen photos of buses which have crumpled when hitting low bridges ...
Like this one that happened this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-32088386
On their way to Thorpe Park, and the excitement happened a bit sooner than they were expecting!
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Buses losing their roof on a low bridge is a well known hazard which I would assume that all sentient beings, including bus drivers, would be aware of.
If I was a bus driver even if I didn't know exactly how tall my bus was, I would know that it was quite tall.
Equally, even if I didn't know exactly how low a bridge was, I would still realise that it was quite low.
Wouldn't you check as you approached? Or at least slow down until you're sure?
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I know that bridge. Its has well marked well visible multiple warning signs, even an automatic height detector that fires off a warning sign if an overweigh vehicle approaches. That driver is deep in the doodoo.
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>>That driver is deep in the doodoo.
And so he should be. Not for having any accident, but for having *that* accident.
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>> I know that bridge. Its has well marked well visible multiple warning signs, even an
>> automatic height detector that fires off a warning sign if an overweigh vehicle approaches. That
>> driver is deep in the doodoo.
I meant of course,over-height
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I meant of course, over-height.
A thoroughly objectionable term. Should have gone the way of all the others that stigmatize minority groups.
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Bus strength of structure - Zero
