| Re: Buses with racks go a long way
nash wrote:
>> Side note: I have heard of people getting off the bus and trying to pull
>> a fast one by grabbing the bike off the rack while the driver, usually
>> clueless, waits.
>> Kind of like car jacking but the cyclist usually figures it out before the
>> bike is history.
>> There are all types of petty thieves running around.
>> Life in the city is not automagically civilized.
>
> That has happened to me. The bus driver was not clueless, but I always ride
> in front anyway.
I have to wonder what the driver is expected to do or actually would do
if he DID notice a bikejacking. Stop the bus, run out and grab the
thief? Not likely.
On a different note, husband walks in the middle of the night. He
notices lots of normal size buses traveling with no passengers, just the
driver. Might it not make a lot of sense to run vans during
ultra-low-usage hours instead of behemoth buses that get good
passenger-mileage only when there actually are passengers?
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Cheers, Bev
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