Very nice thread this. Civilised. Makes you think. Teaches you a bit.
I never knew about the Retarder. I just thought that a bus had regular-style brakes, only more powerful. That Retarder looks like it was designed to make life uncomfortable!
I'm OK with Bus drivers. I always let them out, and I always get a friendly wave or a blip of the hazards. I get most grief from private motorists, TBH, and then only from a tiny minority.
BTW, does anyone remember the Bob Newhart monologue about bus driver training school, where the driver is taught to accelerate/brake/accelerate/brake until all the passengers are spinning like tops?
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