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Old March 20th 07, 02:27 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.transport
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Default Triple decker buses

In article , ian henden
says...

Shame it's wrong. Having actually driven a 15ft 9in high trailer quite
a lot, it is no worse than a normal height one.

Maybe, but a DD bus in high sidewinds, at motorway speed, is hairy.


Only to those with no experience of driving them.

An artic rig will have

a) more axles (so rather more weight low down) and

b) they will be distributed over a greater length of the vehicle (which
must contribute to directional stability) and

c) the load distribution of a truck is different. In a bus, half loaded,
then that half load will usually go and sit upstairs.... leaving the bottom
deck empty save for a few grannies....

And a bus has ballast weights.....


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