"JamJar" wrote in message
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Adrian wrote:
Why did they introduce Bendy buses at all?

You know, I've no idea. As a cycle messenger, with the majority of cycle
fatalities in London being caused by articulated vehicles, I've
absolutely no idea. Do they even provide more capacity than a double
decker? What are the purported advantages. Every time I see the 25 do
the S bend from Stratford Broadway onto the Romford Road I imagine a
cyclist just being sucked under the back wheels.

You should have seen the havoc wreaked in Nanjing, when an articulated bus
turning a corner caught the bollards separating the cyclists from the other
motorised traffic. The bollards and attached rail fell over into the cycle
lane, which was nose-to-tail cyclists about 4-abreast. I've never seen such
a tangled mess of bodies and bikes. It's not unique to London.
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75th Anniversary 2004, see http://www.omnibussoc.org/75th.htm
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