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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2008 16:21:24 GMT
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Post by greeny253 on Sept 12, 2008 19:20:10 GMT
What is it with Mercedes buses catching fire??? Also - the sign on the back "40 When Lights Flash" - What's that all about  |
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Post by vjaska on Sept 12, 2008 23:31:15 GMT
You wouldn't of had the same problems with a good old fashioned Pointer Dart ;D.
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Post by greeny253 on Sept 12, 2008 23:41:27 GMT
Or a Titan ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2008 12:21:15 GMT
Also - the sign on the back "40 When Lights Flash" - What's that all about That's related to the school lights, since route buses here tend to carry school kids, be it on route service or school specials, they have the "wig wag" lights, basically the lights flash like those on an American school bus, at the front the opposite headlight flashes (so nearside amber light on the header comes on offside headlight comes on). On an STA bus it's set up so a driver flicks a switch on at a certain time, say 7am til 9am, then during that time the lights operate themselves everytime the doors are operated. Then they flick the switch off - in afternoons its 2pm to about 6pm. Most NSW buses have these, even coaches that have cascaded down to country school bus duties One private company (long since gone broke) had the regular school light circuit (an electrical engineering company produces a little black box that controls it all) with a strobe unit attached... Basically as a driver of another vehicle and you see these lights, you're meant to slow down to 40km/h, not that many people do! |
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Post by greeny253 on Sept 16, 2008 15:43:41 GMT
Also - the sign on the back "40 When Lights Flash" - What's that all about That's related to the school lights, since route buses here tend to carry school kids, be it on route service or school specials, they have the "wig wag" lights, basically the lights flash like those on an American school bus, at the front the opposite headlight flashes (so nearside amber light on the header comes on offside headlight comes on). On an STA bus it's set up so a driver flicks a switch on at a certain time, say 7am til 9am, then during that time the lights operate themselves everytime the doors are operated. Then they flick the switch off - in afternoons its 2pm to about 6pm. Most NSW buses have these, even coaches that have cascaded down to country school bus duties One private company (long since gone broke) had the regular school light circuit (an electrical engineering company produces a little black box that controls it all) with a strobe unit attached... Basically as a driver of another vehicle and you see these lights, you're meant to slow down to 40km/h, not that many people do! So it's basically the equivalant American School Bus "STOP" sign?? Good idea but as you say how many people actually take notice  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2008 15:43:58 GMT
So it's basically the equivalant American School Bus "STOP" sign?? Good idea but as you say how many people actually take notice Yeap that's it, mind you I only found out all that operational stuff after buying 2 buses, on the first, I've taken off the school light crap as well as having ripped out the analogue CCTV stuff - that bastard was draining my battery! |
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