thevictor390
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That would just relocate the problem to the right arm :?
The Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 was pretty radical when it came out in like 05 IIRC:
Yes...I'm a bit of a school bus enthusiast...
The East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) hybrid diesel/electric buses run on diesel with the battery kicking in when the bus brakes.
"You get the most fuel benefit from a highly urban, stop/start route.
"The more we use them the more fuel we save."
As an avid rider of normal buses I once had the opportunity to watch a man smash our windshield with his head. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt. Luckily the police didnt show up to give him a ticket (~$200 converted).I still laugh at School Buses with seat belts.
-Robert
I agree, I think the answer is: nobody. They just bolted on the switches as they went along. And forgot about the radio. At least they left tonnes of room for stupid WARNING LABELS in the center console.If I had to look at that dash all day while pressed up against the sidepanel on the left constantly flipping stupidly placed switches with my left arm I would get another job.....who the hell designed that? someone with one arm and one leg?
Definitely not particularly well thought out. Looks like they just bolted in a generic class 5 truck dashboard and made it work. I doubt bumping switches with your arm would really be a problem; there's more room there than it looks like and the driver sits pretty high. But the whole switch panel could've been moved forward several inches anyway. And they left the emergency brake on the dash when there's room for it on the left as well.I agree, I think the answer is: nobody. They just bolted on the switches as they went along. And forgot about the radio. At least they left tonnes of room for stupid WARNING LABELS in the center console.
If I had to look at that dash all day while pressed up against the sidepanel on the left constantly flipping stupidly placed switches with my left arm I would get another job.....who the hell designed that? someone with one arm and one leg?
I agree, I think the answer is: nobody. They just bolted on the switches as they went along. And forgot about the radio. At least they left tonnes of room for stupid WARNING LABELS in the center console.
Definitely not particularly well thought out. Looks like they just bolted in a generic class 5 truck dashboard and made it work. I doubt bumping switches with your arm would really be a problem; there's more room there than it looks like and the driver sits pretty high. But the whole switch panel could've been moved forward several inches anyway. And they left the emergency brake on the dash when there's room for it on the left as well.
You can also put a lot of that stuff; lights, sign control, HVAC, etc, overhead. Very convenient and it leaves the dash and window panel less cluttered. Plus hitting switches and toggles over your head makes you feel like you're firing up the Millennium Falcon or something.
Question time! It's okay if you don't know the answer to all of them.
Why does the driver of the school bus have a round mirror in front of him that only shows his own face?
What is the thingymajig on the front bumper that curls around itself?
Does american law dictate that buses must have split front windows?
Example: Volvo for american market
https://pic.armedcats.net/k/kn/knarkas/2011/04/29/foto_sys_Afbeeldingen_Afbeelding_433.jpg
Volvo for all other markets
https://pic.armedcats.net/k/kn/knarkas/2011/04/29/n_foto_0707_volvo-2.jpg
Thanks!
I thought those school buses were way cooler than our ordinary coaches when I was little. They had flashing lights and stuff. Flashing lights instantly make everything better when you're 8
They actually introduced the flashing lights on our buses during "my time". But the extent of the flashing lights are limited to this:
http://i.imgur.com/UypPs.jpg
Hey split screen! A classic.
They run in school bus mode in the morning, fold away the plate during the day and resume normal service, return to being school buses in the afternoon. I suppose american yellow schoolbuses are idle during the day?
I remember they always used to tell us how strong school buses were my explaining that a bus could hold the weight of like 7 other buses on top of it.
Minotour Product Page said:The Minotour is so strong and durable that we parked our 18,000-pound Type D bus on its roof-without extra reinforcement. Its steel cage construction and one-piece, skirt-to-skirt steel rafter held up so well that all its windows and doors still opened easily without binding.
They seem to be a be to take a beating alright......
Talking bout school buses..any of you Americans recognise this?
https://pic.armedcats.net/s/sc/schumacherm/2011/05/01/18.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/s/sc/schumacherm/2011/05/01/18g.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/s/sc/schumacherm/2011/05/01/18b.jpg
An attempt to make an american school bus. The factory where it was conceived is only about an hours drive away from me. TAM used to be the best and biggest manufacturer of transport vehicles in the ex-Yugoslavia. Sadly it went to the toilet, thanks to idiots. Now they just make weak garbage like this under the old TAM name.
https://pic.armedcats.net/s/sc/schumacherm/2011/05/01/1_530.jpg
What used to be made, e.g. the previously mentioned venture, that had some durability. 1.000.000km on the clock was not unheard of from most of their models.
I wonder if riding the Starcraft bus to school will turn the children into zerglings, or if they will be eaten by zerglings already in the bus! I also wonder how well the bus handles in a Blizzard.Starcraft entered the school bus market in 08 with Type A models (the smallest buses built on a cutaway van chassis) and is now trying to move upward into Type C (Conventional) territory (think the Thomas C2, IC CE and FS-65 pics I posed earlier) with Hino as the chassis supplier.
I wonder if riding the Starcraft bus to school will turn the children into zerglings, or if they will be eaten by zerglings already in the bus! I also wonder how well the bus handles in a Blizzard.
I wonder if riding the Starcraft bus to school will turn the children into zerglings, or if they will be eaten by zerglings already in the bus! I also wonder how well the bus handles in a Blizzard.
I suppose american yellow schoolbuses are idle during the day?