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Old 11-02-2009, 11:26 PM   #353 (permalink)
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Nice work! Generally on any bus, if the rear doors are open (or the sensor detects them open), the air-brakes won't disengage and the bus goes nowhere (on some, it locks-out the gear selector to Neutral only).

I had the chance to ride some of the new hybrid "bendy" buses in Chicago -- they're have a nice transition from standing start to acceleration.

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Originally Posted by NiHaoMike View Post
The (hybrid) bus you're riding breaks down, and you offer to try to fix the problem. As it turns out, for whatever reason, the hybrid control system is disabled whenever the doors are open. Which is no problem until someone snags a backpack strap or something on a door sensor and breaks it off, disabling the bus. The temporary fix was to use a paper clip as a bypass.
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