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Transit / Re: NovaBus LFS 8017 DONE+6 Cars also DONE.
« on: April 09, 2012, 08:35:57 am »so if he didnt have time to swerve why drag it that far. any problems with a bus with passengers you ARE suppose to stop immediately regardless of where you are. why drag it across the bridge if he saw it? my guess is he wasnt paying attention and it was run over, human error thats all modt likely, thank god nobody was hurt.yesAhh now I get it. The gas tank is PLASTIC, yes a PLASTIC gas tank.that makes sense. but how do you run a mattress over? its not like a manhole cover or everyday street trash lol
http://nyctransitforums.com/forums/index.php/topic/34285-mattress-sparks-bizarre-bus-blaze-as-six-cars-get-torched-in-brooklyn/page__st__25#entry523564Quote from: Cait SithFrom what was said when I made my visit to the depot yesterday, the mattress got mangled up underneath the bus and was dragged. It got dragged to the point where it started to get really hot and something punctured the plastic fuel tank (yes, I said plastic).
You have to remember it was in the night. You cannot see that well in the dark.
Buses have big headlights, and there are streetlights too, there is no reason why the bus driver should not have seen the mattress clearly enough to react in at least some way. Unless of course the driver could not notice it in time because the bus was going fast, or something.
He may not have had time to swerve around the mattress, especially that the average speed is around 60-70mph. At that speed, it was either going to be the bus, or the passengers (it could have rolled over if the passenger load was uneven)
At least the passengers were okay.
