On 4 Feb, 01:34, "Andrew Heenan" wrote:
At the risk of being boring, bendies have managed perfectly well in Europe
for 40 or 50 years; why is it that they don't have all these problems, if
they are are 'design weaknesses'?

Rear-engined bendy buses are a modern invention - there's some
ridiculously complicated hydraulics and computer control in the hinge
to stop them jacknifing constantly. It's a miracle they work at all,
and I can well imagine the system can't cope at all with icy roads (or
more specifically, the centre axle losing grip and sliding sideways).

Front-engined bendy buses have no such concerns, as they're no
different from an ordinary single decker with a trailer.

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