Chipboard Buses - Ottawa

“Risk Managers” have decided that only a few extra souls will die (per thousand passengers) if you build buses made of chipboard and plastic.  The fuel savings – amazing.

But light tall buses (and trailers) are blown off windy expressways and they slide into oncoming traffic on wet/snowy roads.

In Ottawa the other day, a flimsy new bus killed the driver and others when it drove into the side of a moving train.

Those who have seen the media video should realize that the bus was not the least bit deflected as it ground itself into the train.  The train simply chewed up the chipboard bus as it moved forward.

In days past, when every individual human life was sacred, buses were made of steel and clad in steel.

Ambulance drivers don’t ride on buses.