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I'm not sure why they thought major freeway/road works AND buses replace trains at the same time was a good idea! Last week was stuck on a bus standing room only hurtling down the monash at 100kmh. This morning I drove to a station that has trains running and was stuck between tradies and SUVs hurtling down the monash at 120kmh. Terrifying in the little sedan. Cant win for losing.
I'm not anti seatbelts or anything like that, but I love the irony in how strictly (and expensively) enforced seatbelts in cars are, but them when it comes to replacement buses, it's ok to stand while your NASCAR wannabe bus driver is doing 100 (or 110) down the freeway. Idk what it's like over your ways, but the buses they used for the Sunbury line were so run down and old I don't think there's much hope of surviving a crash even at 60 while you're sitting, let alone standing. Plus city buses are almost exclusively low floor and don't have very thick side panelling, so there's no protection you'd get like I'm a road coach
Absolutely! We were hurtling along and I had that meme pop into my head "hehe, I'm in danger" cause if something goes wrong I'm TOAST!