Two-lane 170 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 (edited) http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=59177&headline=Claims bike racks were trialled but weren't deemed safe§ionIs=news&searchyear=2020&cat=Transport Some time ago I heard that they were thinking of bolting bike racks onto the front of the buses. That seemed to me to be unsafe - pedestrians getting hit and arms, legs, getting tangled up with bits of metalwork and so on. This document is definitely relevant: https://trl.co.uk/uploads/trl/documents/TRL592.pdf And it states what you would expect - in a collision with a pedestrian, bike handlebars going through children's heads etc. But it was only published a mere 16 years ago. How could a transport expert like Longworth be expected to know about this kind of stuff? Or maybe they did know about it, but just didn't care - and the newspaper report doesn't say why they got binned. Edited November 22 by Two-lane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTeapot 8,785 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 Sigh. Some bollocks comes out of bus vannin. It seems like every week there is some nonsense. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Declan 7,047 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 It would be nice to have. I can't physically cycle to Douglas but there are times it would be nice bring the bike in and cycle around Douglas. I can't see it being something I would do often or it being something the lycra crowd would need so whether it could ever be cost-effective is dubious. From a safety point of view. Why buy a load in to test? Couldn't the workshop have knocked up a prototype and tried it on one bus? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scotty 450 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 3 minutes ago, Declan said: It would be nice to have. I can't physically cycle to Douglas but there are times it would be nice bring the bike in and cycle around Douglas. I can't see it being something I would do often or it being something the lycra crowd would need so whether it could ever be cost-effective is dubious. From a safety point of view. Why buy a load in to test? Couldn't the workshop have knocked up a prototype and tried it on one bus? They only bought three and despite the fact they are not suitable or safe, the bought ones must have had to pass some standard or other, like construction and use. BV would not be allowed to just knock one up and use. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
x-in-man 2,191 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 What happened to the Horse Tram Nappy idea? Bubblegum Machine? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mojomonkey 3,341 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 Not sure there really would be the demand in the island, arguably there is nowhere far enough away not just to ride to, but I've seen bike carriers on buses in loads places around the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaulJ 356 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 Problem solved 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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