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In rural areas, school buses drive on gravel. Where I grew up, the buses were speed limited by law, so the speed on gravel is often the same as on the highway.
by goodcanadian 9y ago
In rural areas, school buses drive on gravel. Where I grew up, the buses were speed limited by law, so the speed on gravel is often the same as on the highway. Road surface might not matter as much as you think.
- bluGill 9y agoIn rural areas there are a lot of minimum maintenance roads. Legally they are roads and you can drive on them all you want. However if you don't have 4 wheel drive you shouldn't drive on them, even with 4 wheel drive there are times when you won't make it. A bus should never drive on these roads, and google does not know which these roads are - as I've discovered when I had to rescue someone who blindly followed google maps.
- goodcanadian 9y agoSure, I guess I was trying to comment specifically on gravel. You will need accurate maps for this to work, but I think that is basically a given. A human route planner will also need to have accurate maps.
- vturner 9y agoA local human bus driver doesn't need the map, they know the route and the bad road areas.