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Articulated bus tries to negotiate a hill in snow with limited success … bus seattle snow slippery ice
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#1 by vilou12 at May 23rd, 2009
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so ein holz
#2 by FBZugBus at May 23rd, 2009
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oh you´re right !
this one type with the engine and the driven wheels in the end are bad for go on icy hills…
thank you for this comment
#3 by DHFHades at May 24th, 2009
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yeah, Vancouver and Portland got hit pretty bad, but not as bad as Seattle
#4 by B58PMCSA at May 26th, 2009
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Depends what kind of articulated bus. If it was a puller artic (which has the middle wheels driven by an engine in the front half) it would hav better success with this sort of icy hill. Unlike this pusher which has the wheels on the trailer driven, and thus will lose traction and jacknife as shown above.
#5 by Leecogic at May 28th, 2009
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The driver who was dispatched by their stupidvisor i mean supervisor thought the same thing
#6 by cellestialX at May 28th, 2009
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After this snowstorm of 2008, there were no more chains, shovels, or gloves in the stores, even if you could get there to buy them.
#7 by JspookSS at May 31st, 2009
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Who was the idiot that thought an articulated bus on snow was a good idea?
#8 by NorwegicusOnAstick at May 31st, 2009
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He gets paid waiting for the tow-truck
#9 by w3bt3k at June 3rd, 2009
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at least TWO of them didn’t almost go flying on top of I-5 like those moronic tour bus pilots, oops, I mean drivers.
#10 by FORESTHILLZGANGORDIE at June 7th, 2009
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feel bad to be that bus driver
#11 by mrhozer at June 9th, 2009
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Can’t believe that stupid red SUV didn’t get out of the way when the 8 ton bus is right uphill from it sliding down… must have been a female driver for sure
#12 by jackiechan511 at June 10th, 2009
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I wonder why the motorist didnt move out of the way
#13 by FBZugBus at June 12th, 2009
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ice hill and artic bus = bad works
#14 by MaciekPL87 at June 14th, 2009
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In this weather agreed.
#15 by Elk4758 at June 14th, 2009
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What? Chains are great on ice, that’s what they are made for.
#16 by arielmeadow at June 16th, 2009
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My dad (who works for Metro) told me that at least one articulated bus actually ripped in half on Thursday, so all articulated buses have been taken off the roads. Evidently each bus costs Metro about 1mil, and with Tim Eyman in town … Metro ain’t got a budget surplus
#17 by itsmeeso at June 18th, 2009
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seattle looooool nooby seattle with buses almost flying on to the highway cause of a little bit of ice
#18 by WTCHME at June 19th, 2009
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Automatics have a torque converter. Manual would be harder, especially with a heavy duty bus clutch.
#19 by jiggyshit at June 20th, 2009
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you want studded tires for ice..doesn’t help much when cornering but uphill they’re great
#20 by ChinkyChinkJack at June 22nd, 2009
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that bus might not have had chains, i can’t tell.
#21 by slandshark at June 25th, 2009
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Chains don’t help much on ice.
#22 by ChinkyChinkJack at June 26th, 2009
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LOL, I’m glad my bus had chains on them.
#23 by tiagom135 at June 28th, 2009
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do not mess with me! bus rules?
#24 by NovioSites at June 28th, 2009
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Guess this is a pusher (engine at the backside of the bus). In a bus where engine was placed at the first part of the bus this problem won’t get worser. So pushers *****!
#25 by Lukans89 at June 28th, 2009
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That’s because of automatic, clutch is saver in this situations..