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Post by mondraker275 on Apr 16, 2015 9:18:38 GMT
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Post by snoggle on Apr 16, 2015 9:23:32 GMT
You beat me to it. The video is mildly terrifying - especially when it hurtles through the red lights by the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Let's just say it's not good nor are the reports of other problems. Note also the reference to *18* upgrades to the air cooling system - and it still doesn't work consistently.  |
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Post by sid on Apr 16, 2015 10:04:02 GMT
Here we go again............................another round of LT bashing  |
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Post by Connor on Apr 16, 2015 10:19:04 GMT
Here we go again............................another round of LT bashing And rightly so!  |
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Post by sid on Apr 16, 2015 10:26:39 GMT
Here we go again............................another round of LT bashing And rightly so! I would give far more credibility to the comment from Leon Daniels at the end of the article than I would to more hysterical rants on here  |
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Post by snoggle on Apr 16, 2015 10:35:20 GMT
And rightly so! I would give far more credibility to the comment from Leon Daniels at the end of the article than I would to more hysterical rants on here No hysterical rants here that I can see. The quotes are from the article and if you think a LT hurtling down a busy street with the driver struggling to control it is somehow "normal" then I'm left speechless. How would you feel being in the driving seat of a huge bus that you can't control knowing you're going to plough into a car and a bus? It must have been horrendous for the driver. Mr Daniels is bound to say the buses are safe isn't he? For him to even suggest to the contrary begs a whole load of questions that the media will pounce on. You can absolutely guarantee that this incident will feature in future Mayor's Questions because the court judgement does raise some issues. The fact that this is now out in the open is good for everyone because there should be public scrutiny. I would say the same should apply to *any* bus type because public and staff safety comes first. No witch hunt here! |
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Post by sid on Apr 16, 2015 10:45:57 GMT
I would give far more credibility to the comment from Leon Daniels at the end of the article than I would to more hysterical rants on here No hysterical rants here that I can see. The quotes are from the article and if you think a LT hurtling down a busy street with the driver struggling to control it is somehow "normal" then I'm left speechless. How would you feel being in the driving seat of a huge bus that you can't control knowing you're going to plough into a car and a bus? It must have been horrendous for the driver. Mr Daniels is bound to say the buses are safe isn't he? For him to even suggest to the contrary begs a whole load of questions that the media will pounce on. You can absolutely guarantee that this incident will feature in future Mayor's Questions because the court judgement does raise some issues. The fact that this is now out in the open is good for everyone because there should be public scrutiny. I would say the same should apply to *any* bus type because public and staff safety comes first. No witch hunt here! The incident is obviously a cause for concern, I don't think anybody would dispute that, although Mr Daniels is clearly quite happy to stake his reputation on the bus. |
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Post by vjaska on Apr 16, 2015 12:25:21 GMT
Here we go again............................another round of LT bashing Not being funny but there is evidence to suggest that some batches have problems with the cooling systems. I'm not saying they all do because then I would be being biased but with the tweets from people complaining about the heat on the buses and the comments from a CA on this forum, you can't deny that some batches still have problems despite the supposed upgrades that were meant to fix the issues. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 13:31:52 GMT
Here we go again............................another round of LT bashing here we go again another round of biased LT praising..... I bet you would love a all over GREEN version  |
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Post by sid on Apr 16, 2015 14:30:38 GMT
Here we go again............................another round of LT bashing Not being funny but there is evidence to suggest that some batches have problems with the cooling systems. I'm not saying they all do because then I would be being biased but with the tweets from people complaining about the heat on the buses and the comments from a CA on this forum, you can't deny that some batches still have problems despite the supposed upgrades that were meant to fix the issues. Yes it's ironic that this thread started off about the accident in Chelsea but soon moved back on to the much criticised air con system. It appears that some buses are still having problems but the vast majority seem to be ok. |
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Post by sid on Apr 16, 2015 14:42:49 GMT
Here we go again............................another round of LT bashing here we go again another round of biased LT praising..... I bet you would love a all over GREEN version Not at all, I have said before that I don't see any point in ordering more LT's if they are just going to be used in OPO mode |
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Post by Steve80 on Apr 17, 2015 5:42:39 GMT
Definitely agree that results of investigation should be published more. As for this incident, the judge clearly says that he couldn't be sure if it was a computer glitch or driver error. After reading all the other statements and comments in that link my feeling is that it's an error on the driver and he's got the pedals confused. Yes, there are statements stating that there was possibly an electrical fault and other drivers have also reported problems but none specifically about a bus that is speeding with no way of slowing it down. |
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Post by selondon on Apr 17, 2015 10:28:59 GMT
I've got pictures of this bus parked up in new x. I wondered how it got the damage!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2015 16:02:19 GMT
Exactly 1 week before the CCTV was released, I was asking TFL about them keeping the footage, and exactly one week later the footage is published in the news.
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Post by ServerKing on Apr 17, 2015 19:41:11 GMT
Here we go again............................another round of LT bashing LT's bashing Toyotas I'm sure the production of these things are rushed... I would be crapping myself if I was the driver of either vehicle  |
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