"John B" wrote in message
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Stephen Firth wrote:

NM wrote:

D/D tend to be used in cities

Unfortunately this is not true.

Wrong.

Stagecoach tend to use DD buses for
rural routes.

Not in Hampshire.


Er yes they do, I was on one this morning between Bishops Waltham and
Swanmore. Stagecoach 69...

Paul

John B wrote:

Stephen Firth wrote:

NM wrote:

D/D tend to be used in cities

Unfortunately this is not true.

Wrong.

No it's not, it's true. But I'm glad to see you're still a lying
****wit.

Stagecoach tend to use DD buses for
rural routes.

Not in Hampshire.

In Hampshire in particular. The majority of Stagecoach buses dumped on
the wasteground on industrial estates in Petersfield and on lay bys
along the A31 because Stagecoach are too ****ing mean to pay for a
garage are all double deckers.

The residents of all of the villages between Petersfield and Winchester
on the serpentine route traced by the virtualy unused 67 bus service are
used to being barged out of the way by "I don't give a ****: drivers of
DD buses.

Now **** off back in the killfile you retard.

NM wrote:

Check with Stagecoach, they did not
specifically specify D/D for rural routes they are busses they
inhereted and are using up the equity the accountants deem they still
retain.

I suspect this to be a convenient fiction. Stagecoach have new DD buses
running on some rural routes and they are a PITA.

In article ,
(Stephen Firth) wrote:

NM wrote:

D/D tend to be used in cities

Unfortunately this is not true. Stagecoach tend to use DD buses for
rural routes.

And for busier urban routes. In Cambridge, first Park and Ride and then
the Citi 1 had single deckers replaced by double deckers for capacity
reasons. Capacity issues tend to be why rural routes use double deckers.
At peak times a single decker isn't enough.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 19 Mar, 09:37, "Boltar" wrote:
Outside of a Harry Potter film , have triple deckers ever been used in
the UK (or anywhere else for that matter)? Is there any technical
reason other than height why they couldn't be used - centre of gravity
or passenger evacuation for example?

B2003

Height, width, weight and pasenger evacuation. It is perfectly
possible to build a gigantic coach, but to be a stable triple-decker
it would need to be a lot wider than usual (too wide for UK roads as
well as too high). It might also be likely to exceed the max.
permissable weight for UK roads.

Jon G

In article .com,
Boltar says...

Outside of a Harry Potter film , have triple deckers ever been used in
the UK (or anywhere else for that matter)? Is there any technical
reason other than height why they couldn't be used - centre of gravity
or passenger evacuation for example?

Maximum height of a vehicle in the UK is 15ft 9in. Above that it's an
abnormal load. Take off the height of two adults standing up and that
leaves you under 4ft to create a third deck, have the
wheels/chassis/drivetrain etc.


--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

In article om,
furnessvale says...
On 19 Mar, 09:37, "Boltar" wrote:
Outside of a Harry Potter film , have triple deckers ever been used in
the UK (or anywhere else for that matter)? Is there any technical
reason other than height why they couldn't be used - centre of gravity
or passenger evacuation for example?

Triple deck road trailers are a major hazard on our roads in windy
weather.

You mean double deck...

And actually they aren't. I can't recall ever seeing one on its side. I
also drove the very first reefer ones that came to the UK and they were
no worse in high winds than a normal trailer.


--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

In article . com,
Boltar says...
On Mar 19, 9:51 am, "furnessvale" wrote:
Triple deck road trailers are a major hazard on our roads in windy
weather. I doubt any insurance company would wish to insure a
passenger carrying version.

George

Good point , hadn't thought of that.

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


--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

In article , Stephen Firth
says...
NM wrote:

D/D tend to be used in cities

Unfortunately this is not true. Stagecoach tend to use DD buses for
rural routes.

EYMS also use double deckers up here too.

--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

On Mar 19, 4:55 pm, Conor wrote:
In article . com,
Boltar says... On Mar 19, 9:51 am, "furnessvale" wrote:
Triple deck road trailers are a major hazard on our roads in windy
weather. I doubt any insurance company would wish to insure a
passenger carrying version.

George

Good point , hadn't thought of that.

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

What sort of things are trailers that high used for?

B2003