Accidents * UK - Surge as bendy buses take over
Bendy buses have been involved in more accidents on central London routes than the double-deckers they replaced
London,England,UK -Evening Standard/This is London, by Anna Davis -14 Feb 2008: -- ... Figures for two city centre routes show collisions have increased dramatically since the introduction of bendy vehicles... There was a 45 per cent rise in accidents involving the No 38 Victoria to Clapton between April 2006 and the same month in 2007, the first full year of bendy buses, compared to the previous 12 months when double-deckers were the main vehicle on the route. Accidents rose by 70 from 154 in 2005/06 to 224 in 2006/07... (Video from YouTube, by angus504 -May 20, 2007: "My last day on route 207" - Short clip of me driving a route 207 bendy bus in London, around the stand at Shepherd's Bush. (April 2006) Had to come off them since they gave me back pain!The new shopping centre is being built in the background!)
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