Mr Thant wrote

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).

Check the list of icy European countries and the number of years
rear-engined bendy buses have operated in each ?

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

Or Artics, which which were required to add anti-jacknifing hydraulics
twenty years back.

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Mike D