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If you hit a bus hard enough to knock it over, even given that you were driving an SUV, you were going too fast in town, it seems to me.
by rossdavidh 5y ago
If you hit a bus hard enough to knock it over, even given that you were driving an SUV, you were going too fast in town, it seems to me.
- toast0 5y agoI don't see that the bus was knocked over. In the photos, the bus is upright and there was no mention of it tipping. It got pushed off the road, and a power pole was knocked over.
- rossdavidh 5y agoMy mistake, I misread it. Although, if you're going fast enough to push a bus (an extra-long, bendy bus at that) off the road, it still seems like you were going rather fast for in town?
- sandworm101 5y agoEach accident is different. The wreckage of the SUV doesn't look like it hit all that hard. It struck the left front corner of the bus. In doing so it may have pushed the wheel, or caused the driver/steering wheel to move sideways. Either could cause the bus to briefly drive itself off the road more so than being directly pushed by the SUV. The bus does seem to have been moving at the time of impact.
- jhayward 5y agoIt is pretty common in HGV accidents that a blow against one of the steer tires will break the steering on that side and result in loss of control.
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- LatteLazy 5y agoThat depends, batteries on top might make it top heavy and much more likely to roll over...
- Symbiote 5y agoPresumably the buses still have to pass the "tilt test", even with the batteries. (Are there more batteries underneath?) [2] says single deck buses in Hong Kong must be able to tilt 35° without tipping. [1] https://www.millbrook.co.uk/services/vehicle-and-component/dynamics-and-performance/vehicle-tilt-testing/ https://www.millbrook.co.uk/services/vehicle-and-component/d... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt_test_(vehicle_safety_test) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt_test_(vehicle_safety_test...
- LatteLazy 5y agoI can't find a tilt test standard for the USA. Im assuming there is one...
- sandworm101 5y agoThere isn't: https://www.ntea.com/NTEA/NTEA/Member_benefits/Technical_resources/FMVSSguide/FederalMotorVehicleSafetyStandardsFMVSSGuide.aspx https://www.ntea.com/NTEA/NTEA/Member_benefits/Technical_res...
- 14 5y agoI just saw a video of a man who was rescued by police from a burning vehicle. He suffered a medical incident while back his truck up and ended up flooring the gas as he got into his parking spot. The tires spun high speed while the truck stood still until they caught fire and almost burned him alive. He did suffer smoke inhalation but I believe made it. It could have been the bus driver attempting to make evasive maneuvers added to the fact the car hit it as well could be why it ended up a bit farther off the road then expected.
- tomc1985 5y agoDon't worry, the SUV driver is going to get what's coming to them from the government