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Old August 4th 17, 09:05 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Latest RAIB on Croydon tram catastrophe

On 04/08/2017 09:44, Neil Williams wrote:
On 2017-08-04 08:05:20 +0000, Roland Perry said:

There's more to do when driving a bus, therefore drivers don't fall
asleep as often. There are also very few instances of buses toppling
over because they took a bend too fast.


It certainly does happen. Indeed, it's happened a lot more with double
decker buses/coaches than it has from trams (once).

Neil

Indeed - a quick search for coach overturned on google returns a
considerable number of examples. Some where the driver had also fallen
asleep...