Meatbags and bendy buses don't mix
If you live in a city where bendy buses are common, you'll also know that other drivers don't always understand that they need space to articulate, especially around tight bends.
Picture the scene, and note the no-left-turn sign in the picture.
Now imagine a 54-foot-long, bright blue bendy in the bus lane, stopped at the lights and preparing to turn left, and a small hatchback in the right-hand lane next to it. It's early evening, conditions are dry and visibility is good.
The lights changed to green, the bendy turned left, then right on St Mary Street. The hatchback also attempted to turn left (when it should only have turned right on to Wood Street at that junction) and accelerated...
BANGSCREEEEEEEEEEEECH!!!!
The bus was all scratched up on the offside and a couple of panels were bent up. No major damage, but it had to be taken out to service to be checked over. The nearside doors of the hatchback were badly buckled - fortunately there were no passengers in the car.
That area was well-covered by CCTV, the bendy had something like a dozen external/internal cameras, GPS tracking and a whole bunch of sensors feeding into a black-box style recorder. Let's just say the hatchback driver didn't have a leg to stand on.
(Bootnote: Cardiff is also the home of the "Trojan Bendy Bus")
Biting the hand that feeds IT
