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China to build ginormous buses that cars can drive under
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I wasn't aware the buses would turn. Besides appearing to be on rails (like a tram or trolley), it also seems far too long to make any sort of turn. It would take up the entire intersection, even with all-wheel stearing. PEACE.Mudkips said:
EDIT: Nevermind. I don't think the video loaded when I first went there. Looking at the video, it makes sense. It's got flashing lights like a regular bus. It will take some instruction, but seems like a really nice way to get mass transit to work in a crowded city. We could use those in Miami.
BattleMonkey
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The chinese driving videos are pretty spot on. Have spent lot of time for work in China and my god it's like there is no traffic laws. Not a day went by that I didn't see multiple traffic accidents in front of my eyes. Almost every visit I took, a cab I was in would get into a fender bender but no one would ever get out and everyone just kept going. Never seen any form of police enforcing any type of traffic law either.
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How does it... turn?
Fimbulvetr
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So it's like a train 'cept glaringly inefficient?
People who know about China will realize that the chance of cars running into this bus is much smaller than the chance of this bus getting stuck at intersections during gridlocks.
It's a great idea if they can figure out a way to prevent drivers from staying out of the intersection when there are already cars stuck in it.
According to the video, this project is already underway and will begin construction by end of the year.
Reading through the thread, some people simply don't understand the landscape this design is based on.
This is a bus, not a train, it will be able to turn 90 degrees because... they are building this in Beijing, and people who have been to Beijing will know that the roads there are fucking huge. Some times you will see 6 lanes in 1 direction. Based on the video it seems like this will be constructed on a brand new road system. I just wonder what the rails look like.
It's a great idea if they can figure out a way to prevent drivers from staying out of the intersection when there are already cars stuck in it.
According to the video, this project is already underway and will begin construction by end of the year.
Reading through the thread, some people simply don't understand the landscape this design is based on.
This is a bus, not a train, it will be able to turn 90 degrees because... they are building this in Beijing, and people who have been to Beijing will know that the roads there are fucking huge. Some times you will see 6 lanes in 1 direction. Based on the video it seems like this will be constructed on a brand new road system. I just wonder what the rails look like.
GillianSeed79
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Well, the ozone layer had a good run. Here's to beach front property in Antarctica.
This is a great idea. I just talked to my family and found out they are planning on spending roughly $6 billion USD to expand the Washington DC mass transit system (metro) out to Dulles from east falls church - which works out to just under 20 miles. Even if they only ever get phase 1 done, that's $2.5 billion, or roughly $125 million per mile. That's insane.
OH MAN WHY DIDN'T THEY THINK OF THAT BEFORE THEY STARTED BUILDING?Mudkips said:
Then the bus won't make a tight turn at that location. What the fuck?
Holy shit guys, this is currently being built (in real life), and there are engineers (who - gasp - do this for a living) designing and constructing the system. I think it's going to work.
shaowebb
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Imagine passing one of these buses only to discover right as your going to pull in front of it that someone was wearing the bus as a hat and they appear right in the spot you were trying to pull into.
You see a car coming in your lane, and the other car cant be passed in time.
Slowing down in order to fall behind the bus , and get back into the lane is not an option since the bus is to long to make it in time.
What do?
You see a car coming in your lane, and the other car cant be passed in time.
Slowing down in order to fall behind the bus , and get back into the lane is not an option since the bus is to long to make it in time.
What do?
Byakuya769
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this is a horrible idea.
Escape Goat
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.GqueB. said:
whoa. Did the thread title get a change? Because I totally remember seeing underwater too.
ElectricBlue187
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Akuun said:
I guess they don't have these in China
thetechkid
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Until Jackie Chan does a chase scene on, through, above, under one it's not real.
Steppenwolf
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What happens if a too high truck drives under such a bus? I wouldn't want to be one of the passengers when the truck roof cuts me in half.
water_wendi
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You know what else is simple? Slowing down for yellow lights and stopping at red lights.agrajag said:
This is not vaporware. Trials start at the end of this year in the Western suburbs of Beijing:
http://www.globaltimes.cn/www/english/metro-beijing/update/top-news/2010-08/566505.html
Jackie Chan should just do a film on these (with CGI). He should also climb the Bird's Nest and fly between the Big Boxer Shorts.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/www/english/metro-beijing/update/top-news/2010-08/566505.html
Jackie Chan should just do a film on these (with CGI). He should also climb the Bird's Nest and fly between the Big Boxer Shorts.
Mockingbird
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What happens when the road curves or when you need to make a turn and you're under the bus? Most women would die.
ClosingADoor
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Mockingbird said:
I take it they have that covered in their plans. Maybe it's only on a straight road? Or maybe they have stop signs hanging under the bus.
Napoleonthechimp
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Stop and wait for the bus to drive away or turn with the bus. But what if the bus turns left and you want to go right?!!!! WHAT THEN?!Mockingbird said:
This really is better described as a monorail that goes above the lanes.
Anyway, I've seen Beijing remove all the old buses and a whole class of taxis off the road in 3 years from 2005 to the Olympics, and install no-turn, bus priority lanes in places where there was just normal traffic, so this might also not be as difficult as it seems to implement.
As bad as traffic can be in some places in China, they can instill order on certain lanes when they really want to, usually in the form of gated medians.
Anyway, I've seen Beijing remove all the old buses and a whole class of taxis off the road in 3 years from 2005 to the Olympics, and install no-turn, bus priority lanes in places where there was just normal traffic, so this might also not be as difficult as it seems to implement.
As bad as traffic can be in some places in China, they can instill order on certain lanes when they really want to, usually in the form of gated medians.
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