Barrybados Bus Station : No buses will ever call

Yeah, the emergency service vehicles bit is complicated.

One of my past clients was Wiltshire Fire And Rescue. I picked up a few bits from them. Now i’m sure you know the emergencybservices can exceed the speed limit. The problem is ambulances and fire engines are HEAVY. The London fire service tracked its vehicles and found if they stated below 45 in a 30, MOST traffic patterns except the worst congestion allowed drivers on hearing the sirens to pull over, allowing the fire engine to maintain 40-45. If they went much faster they caught up before the traffic parted so they had to slow down and then speed up. Slowing down 32 tonnes of fire engine and water isn’t funny, not least because the water sloshes

Ambulances are equally fun. I am a fairly proud member of the strange band of brothers and sisters who have demonstrated their proficiency at administering medical aid to a stretcher patient at speed through roundabouts……… to understand what i mean, imagine trying to apply pressure to a serious bleed while pulling a serious g force going round a motorway roundabout. And DO try not to fall down !!!!!

I’ve also been on the receiving end of such a few times.

The 20mph bs has doubled the congestion at any junction and the whole model has had to be revised.

The 119 bus goes to Colonnades/Croydon Airport even though no planes have flown from there since the ‘50s…