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date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:31:41 +0100,    group: uk.transport.london        back       
Re: Another squashed bus   
On 29 Jul 2008 20:45:08 GMT, Adrian  wrote:

>asdf <invalid@invalid.invalid> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
>were saying:
>
>>>> Perhaps the driver should have a radar warning device like airline
>>>> pilots "Pull up, Pull up"!
>
>>>P'raps. A good low-tech alternative would be to put the height visible
>>>on both bridge and bus. It'd be utterly reliable, too. D'you think it'd
>>>catch on?
>
>> Evidently it's not utterly reliable.
>
>By "utterly reliable", I mean "it won't break". The technology didn't, it 
>seems, break. It worked.
>
>The failure lay in the one part of the system that can't easily be 
>upgraded, redesigned or replaced - the wetware.

PEBSWADS, I think.
date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:31:41 +0100   author:   James Farrar

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