🚀 go-pugleaf

dcheung@wimsey.com (Derek Cheung) wrote:

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>>Don't know if anyone has commented on the (almost) new buses...you know, 
>>the ones that hug the road closer, and "kneel" for people who need 
>>assistance in getting on the bus.  Personally, I find that the only 
>>redeeming feature of the bus is the fact that it kneels.  Otherwise, all 
>>I have for the new bus is complaints.
>
>Ah, yes.  Those brand new New Flyer Industries low-floor buses...
>
>>The construction of the side of the bus does not 
>>look like it can withstand the impact of another vehicle, and does not 
>>look think enough to act as a cushion.
>
>Apparently tests WERE done and the new buses will stand up to any
>collision that an older style "high floor" bus can withstand...

Yes, but the windows are so low that it seems a rider would get cut up
pretty badly if the windows broke due to a collision. But then it is
probably tempered glass that'll break into millions of tiny pieces.