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Drift:
I agree with Lee, Ive seem many buses with the fronts smashed in after hitting buildings ect and the drivers have walked away, but unfortunately Ive seen a few where the driver hasn't been so lucky.

It all depends on the incident and other variables.

BrumLee:

--- Quote from: "Drift" ---I agree with Lee, Ive seem many buses with the fronts smashed in after hitting buildings ect and the drivers have walked away, but unfortunately Ive seen a few where the driver hasn't been so lucky.

It all depends on the incident and other variables.
--- End quote ---


As they say "when your number's up".

I'll see if I can find the picture I took of a Renault Premium cab that was 8" deep on the n/s and the o/s had folded 90 degrees as it wrapped round the side of a stationary trailer, hitting it at 56mph. The steering wheel had been cut in half to remove the presumed dead driver. On further asking the driver had survived, suffering two broken legs, albeit the one leg had his foot where his knee should have been and his knee-cap was poking through his groin (made my eyes water too).

Drift:

--- Quote from: "BrumLee" ---
--- Quote from: "Drift" ---I agree with Lee, Ive seem many buses with the fronts smashed in after hitting buildings ect and the drivers have walked away, but unfortunately Ive seen a few where the driver hasn't been so lucky.

It all depends on the incident and other variables.
--- End quote ---


As they say "when your number's up".

I'll see if I can find the picture I took of a Renault Premium cab that was 8" deep on the n/s and the o/s had folded 90 degrees as it wrapped round the side of a stationary trailer, hitting it at 56mph. The steering wheel had been cut in half to remove the presumed dead driver. On further asking the driver had survived, suffering two broken legs, albeit the one leg had his foot where his knee should have been and his knee-cap was poking through his groin (made my eyes water too).
--- End quote ---


 :shock:  :shock:  ouch
A mate in one of our Garages was thrown through the Sceen on his bus about 4 months ago, reckons he will be back at work in a few more months if the DVLA think his medical tests are ok as he went into a coma, that was a nasty one :(

greasemonkey:
This one still confuses me though as already discussed surely if the brakes fail they come on applied by the springs failing this the hand brake has a secondary position to apply all the brakes at once rather than just the rears and then well have already talked about the steering why not just steer until it came to a stop
i think the driver [!Expletive Deleted!] his pants and abandoned a moving vehicle without any regard to the safety and lives of his passengers and other people i think they shoud throw the book at him
i would never ever abandon my wagon unless i knew i would be damaged by say a bridge support and even then as i have done before i would steer it off the road and it a ditch (took two recovery wagons lol one for the unit and one to keep the trailer upright) the good news is the cyclist who turned right infront of me without looking lived allbeit with slight brain damage
just my two pence worth (Hi Drifty)
Steve

Terranger:
Can't say i'm mechanically minded, even though I drive the things, but we've got Brohms brakes fitted which won't let you move til the air's up, and you press a plunger.
Probably it was an old bus, as i can't see a new one travelling on after losing air.
As for the driver, a long while ago, in Stirling, a driver who had days experience on a double decker, was on a school run and got disorientated, so he took a road he recognised, forgetting he was on a larger bus, and slammed into a bridge.
After the reality of what he'd done sunk in, he ran off thinking he'd killed all the kids upstairs, and they found him 3-5 miles away from the accident site.

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