FIRST 7026 - 30355 G411 OGD 29 JULY 03 448
And just to shatter the belief that only Northern Counties bodies succumbed to the ever-present hole, here we see an exiled Strathclyde Volvo Citibus G411 OGD 30355, one of Bolton Atlantean replacements, which has been retired after doing a spot of gardening. This is partly the fault of Alexanders who, after designing the A-type body with its rounded contours which simply swept the branches aside, produced this retrograde design which, although visually very attractive, is completely impractical when it comes to trees.
And mostly to blame is Bolton Council. This bus had been on the Swannies, Great Lever circulars, and the Council had plagued the route with Speedramps which are totally innefective and on Lever Edge Lane two chicanes with a speed ramp in each direction, which were dangerously narrow and forced opposing flows of traffic against each other, but also placed these chicanes in such a way that the traffic was forced right into one kerb, and forced buses into the trees with the result as shown.
WELL DONE BOLTON COUNCIL!
FIRST 7026 - 30355 G411 OGD 29 JULY 03 448
And just to shatter the belief that only Northern Counties bodies succumbed to the ever-present hole, here we see an exiled Strathclyde Volvo Citibus G411 OGD 30355, one of Bolton Atlantean replacements, which has been retired after doing a spot of gardening. This is partly the fault of Alexanders who, after designing the A-type body with its rounded contours which simply swept the branches aside, produced this retrograde design which, although visually very attractive, is completely impractical when it comes to trees.
And mostly to blame is Bolton Council. This bus had been on the Swannies, Great Lever circulars, and the Council had plagued the route with Speedramps which are totally innefective and on Lever Edge Lane two chicanes with a speed ramp in each direction, which were dangerously narrow and forced opposing flows of traffic against each other, but also placed these chicanes in such a way that the traffic was forced right into one kerb, and forced buses into the trees with the result as shown.
WELL DONE BOLTON COUNCIL!