Bendy Buses on bbc

[jonathan ellis]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6729963.stm

 

[jonathan ellis]

yee gods that was an old think!

just ignore it please

 

[nethalus]

Were you perhpas looking for this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7035041.stm

 

[Terminator]

Dont get me started on Bendy Buses.

What is their nicknames anyway?

Kens Chariots of fire?

I remember cycling down the Mile End Road one morning and my commute was changed forever.

 

[Elmer Fudd]

A Transport for London spokesperson said the London bus network has an excellent safety record.

"Fatalities are extremely rare - one fatality for every 100 million miles operated," she said.

Well at least that statement should console his relatives

 

[jonathan ellis]

Were you perhpas looking for this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7035041.stm

no, that was the url which linked me to the older one (of which I posted)

 

[Terminator]

Some lad got dragged under a bendy bus at Ilford a few days ago.

R.I.P

 

[asterix]

They're used in York - I hate the things. Just an excuse to cut staff and make more profit.

 

[stu20001]

They're used in York - I hate the things. Just an excuse to cut staff and make more profit.

...except they make fare-dodging really easy - so does that actually make them less profitable??

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-16783998-details/Bendy+bus+inspectors+in+fight+to+keep+jobs/article.do

 

[stu20001]

Just remembered reading this which would suggest that fare-dodgers don't matter to the bus companies:

http://www.boris-johnson.com/archives/2007/09/london_buses.php


(Yeah, I know its Boris so could be complete horse-arse)

 

[JamesAC]

...except they make fare-dodging really easy - so does that actually make them less profitable??

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-16783998-details/Bendy+bus+inspectors+in+fight+to+keep+jobs/article.do

I was on a fairly full bb once when half-a-dozen "revenue enforcement officers" got on. Large chaps. Black bomber jackets. Impressive IDs - metal badges in leather wallets. They "steamed" the whole 'bus, including people trying to get off. There were only 5 passengers who were "invited off" for further questioning, out of the 70-80 on the 'bus.

I had in the past thought that the bbs were so popular because they were "free", but now I'm not so sure.