Why Singapore need DDs & why it's impractical to use bendies

• vicamour

  31 Jul 12, 23:46

  Just for info:

  All single decker buses

  - 2 front wheels, 4 rear wheels

  All non air con double deckers

  - 2 front wheels, 4 rear wheels

  All air con double deckers

  - 2 front wheels, 2 tag wheels, 4 rear wheels except for Dennis Tridents and Scania K310UD demo which has 2 front wheels, 4 tag wheels, then 2 rear wheels

  SBS997A

  - 2 front wheels, 4 tag wheels, then 2 rear wheels

  Bendy buses

  - 2 front wheels, 4 middle wheels, then 4 rear wheels, except SBS998Y which has 2 front wheels, 4 middle wheels, then 2 rear wheels

• SBS 6078 M

  3 Aug 12, 22:33

  Why ar?

  Bendy too long,and when make big turn,the carriage behind might hit into other vehicles and you might not know,so DDs better

  Fyi 228x

• SBS2601D

  4 Aug 12, 10:16

  Tag = Follow.

  How is a driving axle, the tag axle?

• sbst275

  4 Aug 12, 10:17

  idling wheel la..

  neither a driving wheel, neither a fixed axle...

• TIB1218R

  4 Aug 12, 10:41

  Originally posted by SBS 6078 M:

  Why ar?

  Bendy too long,and when make big turn,the carriage behind might hit into other vehicles and you might not know,so DDs better

  Fyi 228x

  
  
  Svc 290 bendies turn at Simei, no problem. 38 now stuck with SDs..
  
  Svc 800 at Yishun Street 71, no problem.

• sbst275

  4 Aug 12, 10:41

  But can the Simei MRT Bus stop cater for bendies during peak hrs???

• SBS 6078 M

  4 Aug 12, 14:35

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  But can the Simei MRT Bus stop cater for bendies during peak hrs???

  Apparently,because there was a bendy perm for 290 last time,the bendy has ceased in singapore for the past 6 years.

• Jocelyntxh

  4 Aug 12, 23:43

  DD forever!!

  Never fail to let me have a seat haha as for bendies~

  I hardly take them so no comments!

• SBS 1000U

  6 Aug 12, 22:30

  Originally posted by SBS 6078 M:

  Apparently,because there was a bendy perm for 290 last time,the bendy has ceased in singapore for the past 6 years.

  
  Which is why SBS decided to cease the use of the bendy after that, because it is not practical.

  But 18 and 290 are the lucky services to get SBS998Y and SBS999U to perm on them before the buses were sold.