Final design for the "New Bus for London" (aka BorisBus / new
 

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 09:20:02AM +0000, d wrote:

If you think roads are a public right of way then try walking down the middle
of an A road holding up the traffic and see how long it is before plod nicks
you.

It being a *public* right of way means that other people have a right to
use it too. It's not just *your* right of way. You're allowed to use
it right up to the point that you're just being a tard and holding up
the traffic for no good reason.

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David Cantrell | Godless Liberal Elitist

You can't spell AWESOME without ME!

Final design for the "New Bus for London" (aka BorisBus / new Routemaster) unveiled
 

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 07:26:16AM -0700, Mizter T wrote:

Where to start...!

Try the beginning :-)

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David Cantrell | A machine for turning tea into grumpiness

You may now start misinterpreting what I just
wrote, and attacking that misinterpretation.

Final design for the "New Bus for London" (aka BorisBus / newRoutemaster) unveiled
 

On 17 May, 13:32, Mizter T wrote:
I won't pretend that I find the proposed (or rather, apparently finalised) design
unattractive - to my eyes at least, it does look good.
Ugh. Its a repugnant abuse of the contest. They long ago announced a
winner - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...outemaster.jpg

This is nothing like it. Its just a normal two-staircase bus with a
hole added to the back as a shoddy afterthought.

You can't get on or off easily when its moving (even slowly) because
there's no pole to hold onto. You can't catch it when its just started
moving because the door is only at the side and there's no gap at the
back.

Its too fat so it can't weave through the streets and traffic so
easily. It doesn't have the pretty dent in the front for the engine.
The windows are too high at the bottom, and the glass all the way down
the doors is just a gratuitous abuse.

There's no "design" to it. Its just ugly. A bus designed by
accountants.