london routemaser bus broken down

[Andy™]

er.. someone may want to remind the driver that when the fuel gauge gets low, you have to put fuel in it....

although this part sounds a little scary

"However when the bus undertakes long, non-stopping motorway journeys, such as its journey to Bedfordshire this morning, it can lose charge and the driver is briefed to pull to the side of the road to allow the battery to recharge.

surely thats a serious design flaw...

and perpetual energy, but only on short journeys?

Transport for London (TfL) said the bus recharged its battery using energy from its brakes, but on long journeys had to run on diesel.

or do you need to push the thing then brake to re-charge?!

bbc link

 

[Zeespark]

Andy is this the new RM bus or the ancient ones?

AndyGuinness

 

[Andy™]

new

 

[Zeespark]

Typical, even one of the old ones now would outlast these new ones.

AndyGuinness

 

[steptoe]

only in England, :slap

 

[Zeespark]

Steps, the old RM's were untouchable, not least because they had a top notch build quality and maintenance program, but they were built in West London for the most part.

AndyGuinness

 

[Terry W]

a diesel electric bus left for jounery with a only a small amount of diesel in it,

w/o the use of the diesel engine it can not run an alternator to recharge the battery,

when the diesel tank is empty & the battery is empty also the bus no no longer moves,

I guess it must be a slow news day at the BBC ?

 

[a1]

WTF are those ugly things?

They look like a cross between a gone wrong Tram and American "Greyhound bus".

At a cost of

 

[Apache]

Daft money but I do like the look. Love the way the glass sweeps around.

 

[Zeespark]

They won't last if they are being driven any where near Hackney.

AndyGuinness

 

[batty]

I prefer the look to those ones with the bendy bit in the middle to me they just ain't right.

 

[steptoe]

built at 'WRIGHTS' in Ballymena :slap

I know one of the line managers there, and quite a few of the floor guys, just down the road from my mums,

typical though,

there was sod all wrong with the Titanic either until an Englishman got behind the wheel, :slap