Passengers - Bus Reviews & Opinions

[Stuharris 6360]

Hi LS, now I know a lot of drivers think Traffilog is a spy for management to use against them, but obviously if a complaint was made to the company that a driver was doing 16mph over the speed limit the driver would be called in for a 'fact finding'.

Here's where Traffilog comes in, you see the fastest 4340 got up to at anytime during the whole of the 16th April was 36mph. The fastest I can find on Yardley Wood Road is 28mph!

which is roughly equivelant to 46kph.

You have to be very careful when you make an accusation without knowing 100% of the facts.

[Ronnoc]

Are you sure it wasn't 45kph rather than 45mph?

It wasn't 45kph, it was mph.

[Tony]

It wasn't 45kph, it was mph.

What time of day? I will then tell you exactly what speed it was doing

[Stuharris 6360]

It wasn't 45kph, it was mph.

@ronnoc1k8 Read Tony's comment above, NE can tell you the speed that any bus does at anytime on a particular day.

[Ronnoc]

What time of day? I will then tell you exactly what speed it was doing

Oh cool! It was around 15:00.

[Tony]

Oh cool! It was around 15:00.

Climbing the hill to the garage the did get it up to 35mph

[Ronnoc]

Climbing the hill to the garage the did get it up to 35mph

When I saw it went up to 46mph. I know the Tridents pretty well and I knew that it went to 46mph, I even took a peek in the cab as I was near the cab.

[Tony]

When I saw it went up to 46mph. I know the Tridents pretty well and I knew that it went to 46mph, I even took a peek in the cab as I was near the cab.

I have driven Tridents up that hill there is no way you could get even the best one up to that speed. The recording system on the bus shows that at 15:00:13 as he went past the end of Pendeen Road he reached his fastest. The driver then slowed for the corner where it bends over the river bridge. At no point did it get near 46mph, which I know from experience would be impossible anyway

[Stuharris 6360]

I have driven Tridents up that hill there is no way you could get even the best one up to that speed. The recording system on the bus shows that at 15:00:13 as he went past the end of Pendeen Road he reached his fastest. The driver then slowed for the corner where it bends over the river bridge. At no point did it get near 46mph, which I know from experience would be impossible anyway

@Tony Do buses have speed limiters on them?

[Tony]

@Tony Do buses have speed limiters on them?

They do. Most (not all) NXWM ones are set at 50mph

[Stuharris 6360]

They do. Most (not all) NXWM ones are set at 50mph

Thanks @Tony.

The only other reason i can see for this occurance is that the speedometer on the bus is faulty. But like you Tony, have been on the 18 many times and there is no way a driver could get a Trident (or any other bus for that matter) up to that speed on that portion of road, not saying its impossible but very very unlikely and if the driver did it, sheer madness.

[Stuharris 6360]

Tridents' speedos are known to be a little "optimistic" at times.

Same with the B6s, have seen them behave like a rev counter and not a speedo!

[Tony]

Thanks @Tony.

The only other reason i can see for this occurance is that the speedometer on the bus is faulty. But like you Tony, have been on the 18 many times and there is no way a driver could get a Trident (or any other bus for that matter) up to that speed on that portion of road, not saying its impossible but very very unlikely and if the driver did it, sheer madness.

For another thing it is uphill all the way from the mini roundabout, so it would take even the best bus longer than that to get to 46.

[Ronnoc]

For another thing it is uphill all the way from the mini roundabout, so it would take even the best bus longer than that to get to 46.

Wait, it's mainly straight in that section but the hill starts from near Stoneyford Grove and ends by YW garage.

[BU07 LGO]

the only place I know of where 50 is possible is the short section on the a5 by the rising sun on 935A