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E • PEARANCE of large a s of articulated buses the roads of Britain should se o problems for drivers o er than the physical al of collecting fares n o er 150 passengers.
,s he first British trade rn ist to have the oppority to test-drive the first itand-drive artic bus to ritain. I confirmed my tio that no new skills are uir d to drive artics as the r eels of the trailer seca e steered to follow the ct ath of the rear wheels of the front section, writes Noel Miller.
But problems can arise when reversing and some driver training would be necessary to make bus drivers familiar with the techniques involved in reversing the bus.
I was able to undertake a full road test of the unladen bus at MIRA, between MIRA and London, in the West End of London and over a suburban London bus route.
No undue problems were experienced, although most bus stop bays would have to be • slightly lengthened to avoid leaving the tail section of the bus partly out in the road.
While the extra road space taken up by one artic bus in the centre of London was barely noticeable it would be a different matter if there were many of them. Illegal parking at bus stops would also increase delay to other traffic if artics had to double-park at bus stops.
A full road test of the MAN Bendibus will be published in CM at a later date,