Bus Road Test (1957)
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Aldenham, Hertfordshire.
At London Transport works at Aldenham, buses are subjected to various safety tests before being allowed to streets. Two men are seen lifting sandbags and placing them on seats to simulate the busload of passengers. Bus is then tested for stability. Two rubber buffers are placed at one side of the bus (in case it fails the test and tips over). Then the bus is tilted by a hydraulic ram (great pressure is applied) to check how stable it is. Man operating a rig is foreman Charlie Taylor who's been working on bus maintenance since 1927.
Several shots of the bus being tilted slowly to one side - it looks as if it will turn over. C/U shot of the distance between rubber buffer and bus demonstrates that bus has past stability test.
At Chiswick skid patch, a huge polygon is showered with water (buses are showered too) to get slippery. Buses are then recklessly driven - lots of breaking and skidding - to check a degree of control. Scary watch.
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What a surprising recommendation! 😁
Plot twist: RUclips algorithm is broken so bad they give you everything
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Right
lol
Should change wider rims and tyre, make sure it grips when it drift.
Yes, and a carbon fiber widebody kit.
And a V6 turbocharged engine
*make that V12
@@personstandingup make that a w16
@@personstandingup Nah, 2JZ-GTE is fine already
Drifting on a doubledecker is a true gangsta stuff
Skidding*
Leonaяdo DiCapяio guess what they actually MADE A DOUBLE DECKER BUS DRIFT just a newer model
We have initiated a loss of traction and we are now counter steering it by turning the wheel the opposite way.
OR
DOING A PHAT SKIDDA FOR THE BOIS 🤙🤙
Please enter a name drifting* did he stutter I don’t think so
Great scene in the film of On the Buses of Stan doing it.
A time when “made in Britain” ensured quality,safety and a long lasting life
@@artimmy1 😂
Same with made in the USA. Well were getting there a little
What happens now? I thought it still the same in terms of bicycle 🚲?
@Aloha Snackbar what like the Jaguar e type,Mini Cooper and Land Rovers?
@@user-ih6vs3eg3o Slovakia's finest.
That was some good quality footage from 1957
I know, and in colour. There were black and white movies into the 70s. Unless this is a digital colour job
They used reconstructing computer algorithm that flip the black and white pixels over to their colourful side
@@obviouslytwo4u no.
It was filmed to colour tape and scanned into digital format.
B/W tape does not contain the necessary crystals to possess colour.
Film beats Tape
👑Right? 🤣👑
This video from 1957 has better resolution than ufo shots shooted these days
Because the camera is set up on a tripod to film with multiple takes in broad daylight.
@@johnmartinez7440 r/woosh
Shooted... lol.
@@AverageReviewsYT lol
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Back when engineers wore ties and a suit to work on buses.
Back when engineers where paid accordingly.
I noticed that too. Notice also how clean and clutterless everything was.
*Deja vu!*
Hey, there was no tinder back then. Now you dont have to look good to get laid. Theres always a ho round the block.
@Aloha Snackbar nah in old times. engineers are well respected and highly paid. Nowdays the wages couldn't even buy a house😅.
2:27 that would be called a "drift" in the modern era
Ok boomer
*dorifto
BMW DRIVERS THINKS THEY ARE RARE BUT THAT MAN IS COOL AF
DEJA VU I HAVE BEEN IN THIS PLACE BEFORE
No, it's an uncontrolled skid. Drifting implies it's a controlled skid.
I just noticed the "Please shop between 10 and 4" and the "Please avoid rush hour" on the front
Then what?
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There was a image of this video in my physics book for topic friction 😂and I cam here to see if it was real u know 😂
Still some of these buses running in srilanka..
yeah lol
Also Mumbai
@@mart4144 "built like tanks" is meant to say built like they never break. Cars and other machines nowadays are prone to break more easily and be replaced rather than being repaired like they used to do back in the days. It has nothing to do with builing actual tanks in the UK and Engeland.
I tried spelling your username and I think I summoned the ancient one.
These are still used for special occasions, there are loads of these preserved
1:06 - "The rig is operated by foreman Charlie Taylor, who's been working on bus maintenance since 1927..."
"Since 1927". Wow, it's 2021 as I write this. That is nearly 100 years ago. What a bygone era.
Interesting how relative time is for everything. He had been doing that for 30 years as at 1957. This comment being written in 2021 would be equivalent to saying he had been doing it since 1991.
Back in the days when a career was a career for life (or at least until retirement age).
Priceless...... “for those of you who are technically minded” 😂
Well I am quite technically minded and "1 Tonne of pressure" means nothing in this context it would depend on the size of the hydraulic cylinder.
@PlebzOr Blapparapp hurr durr no one is smart today, we dum... In an age where being a nerd is cool and where education channels have millions of subscribers, you tell me that no one is technically minded? Im sure there is a name for what you did there, I just don't know it. Maybe gatekeeping?
@PlebzOr Blapparapp ok boomer
PlebzOr Blapparapp On RUclips everyone is a smart(ass). Endless discussions involving corrections upon corrections. “Actually..”
@PlebzOr Blapparapp Actually this applies to WAY more people these days in the data age. More educated people are around than ever with even uneducated people having access to excellent free learning materials right here on YT and loads of other places.
We're much smarter as a whole these days
A video from the 1950s has a better quality camera than most security cameras
Fr tho
Security cameras record 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For one Full HD camera it's over 277 GB of data. Where would you keep 13,86 TB of data from 50 cameras? 55,44 TB if you want to have whole month recorded.
50 cameras means you don't have big space to cover, so you don't have big budget either.
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My Dad was a bus driver in the early 1950"s driving for Brighton, Hove and District.
In those days you got fined if you ran early or late - heavy traffic was no excuse!
In one bad winter he couldn't get up a hill and the bus slid back on the ice and over a main road, no one was hurt but the conductor chickened out and jumped off the Bus!
One time he swerved to avoid a car driving on the wrong side of the road and mounted the pavement cracking two paving slabs, he got fined £2 for this and wasn't happy -he told the court judge next time he would let the accident happen rather than try and avoid it!
Nevertheless he got a diploma for good driving for 2 years out of the three working for the local Bus company (I still have these along with his drivers badge)..
Who remembers pushchairs? (no "Buggies" in those days), when the bus came the Mums would take the kid out, fold the pushchair up and the conductor would take them and store them under the stairs. Plus when you got a bit older, you could swing on the pole ...!
Brilliant Buses!
And the reason it doesn't happen today is the bus companies are afraid of being sued for back injuries by their staff
Your dad sounded like a brilliant driver! Good on him! 😊
Monty Zumazoom fantastic insight ! Thanks.
Cool story bro.....
Say hello to your dad I think I remember him, he was looking very specific, he was driving bus
The camera quality is better than most UFO , ghost sightings and bank cameras
That's because 1. it was day and 2. because enough time was given to the camera to focus, without anything distracting the focus.
@@arshad4695 woosh him pls
@@nativeafroeurasian r/woosh
Is the woosh to get me to delete my comment? (I got the joke though and liked it and I'm willing to delete the comment (and this one) if you want me to) :)
@@nativeafroeurasian hi,you're woosh is now being processed
I love how they just give some details "for the technically minded". Not at all patronising like most documentaries and TV shows today
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@@OfficialWRX bro stop spamming Jesse stuff this is a bus safety vid
Imaging getting to drift double decker buses for a living
*Sliding*
This is from 1957 and looks way better than security cameras nowadays.
If a bus did tilt like that going around the leaning tower of piza, then from the buses perspective it would just look like a normal tower.
The Tower of Pisa is 4°, this test is 28°.
@@johnmartinez7440 it's a joke bro..
This is honestly really funny xD
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@@OfficialWRX before I do all that, I just have one question.. As God is said to be the all-powerful creator of everything, could God create an object that's so heavy that even God himself wouldn't be able to lift it?
Did anyone ever manage to flip one of these busses?
I'd even consider looking at rigged busses for stunts and the like.
As a result of being hit by a Fire truck , a Routemaster bus turned on its side in W. LONDON . Luckily nobody was injured , our buses had just been fitted with radios and l had to send a " Code Red " to L.T. Contol .
@@williamcarrington3474
Atleast the emergency services were on scene
Here's one from 1957 (poor quality images tho'). A friend of mine was going to school on the bus! www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/nuneaton-bus-overturns
Bento, there are two films in which double decker buses have been flipped onto their side. One is called 'Intermission' which is an Irish film from 2003. An Irish stunt driver performed that stunt by tilting the bus up a ramp. Another movie is 'Stratton' - there is a scene there in which an English stunt driver flips a bus using explosive pistons coming out of the bottom of the bus - usually these pistons are sections of tree logs or metal cannisters forced downstairs from the bottom of a stunt vehicle. The bus in 'Stratton' landed on the passenger side which is of course safer than the driver's side but I believe the bus in 'Intermission' lands on the driver's side.
I'm sure they would. Like on that skidpad test if they were sideways and hit dry pavement that would do it.
Not going to lie, this is the coolest thing I've seen in a while.
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Unbelievable video quality for 1957. Is it recreated or restored? It must have been shot on film and the film retained the color till now? Easily beats many HD videos of today.
Indeed, they were shot in high-definition colour film which has stood the test of time.Worth looking at the 1960s series ' Look At Life ' ( also on RUclips which was the same quality ).
Video did not exist yet.
Mikey McMikeFace video was available in 1910 if not earlier
@@jacewinfrey3045 Can you give me two independent sources to verify that?
@@mikeymcmikeface5599 the Nipov disk was patented in 1884
“Controlled skid” sounds like drifting to me
No it doesn't. Skidding and drifting are both different.
The sheer precision of Engineering more than 60 years ago is just mind blowing. They don't even use Computer. Just Math and Pencil on paper.
Don't forget the slide rule. Obtains the results of most engineering calculations to a meaningful degree of accuracy faster than a computer.
For anyone wondering, this still applies to all British busses today
We make things in this country any more?
@WilliamSmith-mx6ze Wright bus and Alexander and a few other uk bus builders still make buses
"...two tonnes of sand bags strapped to the upper deck to represent thirty ten stone passengers..." You'd probably have to double that weight now, given the U.K.'s obesity crisis.
Pro drifter: i can drift a modified ford focus
Double deck bus driver: hold my tea
Phonky music blasting inside the bus
Tea my good man, "hold my tea". A bus driver of any acclaim is not going to be seen drinking _beer_ like a commoner
Ford focuses are front wheel drive, they cant drift.
@@ao8271 Front wheel drive can drift
@@ao8271 that is what the hand brake is for ya noob. Front wheel drive cars can drift, speaking from personal experience.
That man is drifting a bus 😂🔥
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Matthew 0512 No offense but are you deaf? The narrator (or whoever it is) said uncontrolled skid
@@florjanbrudar692 my guy chill its not meant to be taken seriously
Am I the only one who loves these old fashion videos. I watched one about California highway patrol and it was nostalgic for some reason.
I don't think so. This video has millions of views and this channel has millions of subscribers.
Yeah I don’t know why but things like these are also weirdly nostalgic to me
@@TheyForcedMyHandLE Perfect response lol
I love the overly cheerful music in the background
2:26 when you're a bus driver and the deja vu music kicks in
Gas gas gas 😂😂😂
Did you just say "deja vu music" instead of anything else? 🤣🤣🤣
@@LjCaples thats what i could think of.
@@El_Gallo_Rodrig.z lmao. It's eurobeat (forgot exact name of song) from Initial D.
@@LjCaples i didn't know the name so i put deja but thanks for telling me
The skid test was just an excuse to muck around whilst doing work
Would suit me 😁.
Daniel Playfair Is that even true?
I really like old reporting style
There is always a distinctive way these reporters sound and talk from which you can tell that it's an older piece of recording. And quite frankly I find it really entertaining. Modern reporting often bothers me, not particulary content wise, but in the way they present it.
Can't exactly pin down why. I guess it's just a preference. :3
It’s usually referred to as ‘BBC English’. Very well spoken, generally without a regional accent.
This video from 1957 is in better quality than most of the ufo videos
Idk why this is in my recommendation but cool
U r beautiful
Simp
Overused comment
The camera quality in 1957 was better than the nowadays security cameras
*TOKYO DRIFT INTESIFIES*
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Gotcha Open 2 Bruh what the hell are you saying? it’s a meme bruh stop it now pls
I don't know why i like to watch this kind of videos in the morning.
That bus driver at the end looked at the camera and we all no what he was thinking "I am the original drift king gangsta"
This is the most British thing I have ever seen.
The most I’ve seen is a comment section arguing about trains.
@@beanman6684 Wow... British trains?
@@florjanbrudar692 indeed.
I am an American and I love watching this RUclips channel!
@M A What a fascinating response. Please elaborate.
From Neptune,love this video
Wait, but when the bus is moving at speed taking a turn , can it do this? Or will the final inertia pull it over?
Just an escuse to drift
" yeah my job is drifting double decker busses, what about you?"
Best tinder bio
Actually, all drivers had to do that. Hire me.
@@Dekko-chan replied to the wrong comment or am i missing something?
Joep You mean unconrtolled skid?
Now a dream for modern day London bus operators.
Is it? Why? (Sincerely curious)
Yeah why
Mais estabilidade de que a HILLUX 😁
kkkkkkkk puta que pariu
His voice with the video is so satisfying...i watch this video while having food.⛅
Man's just ripping skids in a double decker
1:54 It has 2 diffrent tires at the front :)
yea looks like one has more wear and one has lest
@@mulex8758 Noo, I think it's totally diffrent tread pattern
@@thim0n oh i see ok
*I really love this retro voice. There are no low and high frequencies. Only high midrange frequencies. It sounds really good. So in all retro videos. I just love it.*
Love the 'Please Shop between 10am-4pm' yea right!
I don't understand the purpose of that exhortation. Why would they care when you used the bus
@@Muonium1 Probably an attempt to get those pesky housewives from shopping during rush hour.
That makes sense.
Ye lemme shop while I'm at work lols
@@Muonium1 because it would be full of commuters before and after those hours.
1957 busses are really safe already. Imagine modern busses.
When i was a kid i had one of this on a Toy version 🥰
I was surprised that after the test it immediately drove away. I didn't realize someone was in there for the test.
Put this in my “something that we don’t really sure that we need” playlist
Is your English okay, buddy?😂😂
I watched this a long time ago. The algorithm has brought me back
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We will meet in another Legendary video 😊
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After 6 years RUclips recommended to me 😂💕
Unfunny, overused comment.
Its literally after 60 years
Fascinating :)
Yoru comment is so old
@@T1Dotty Duh... so why reply to it?
Idk how they managed it but that looks physically impossible
Good to know that Charlie Taylor is there to make sure everything goes smoothly.
Bus drift... They lived ahead of their time🤯
Love the enthusiasm
2:20 “quick visit the the skid pad”
Literally everyone watching that bus whip it around: “yooooooo”
I was thinking about this video today and it showed up in my recommended 😳
2:28 eurobeat intensifies
What they didn't show is the bus tipped over on the second test 😂. Could you imagine hahaha
What’s to imagine? There looked to be no more than a couple of inches between the body and the bump stops.
@@nkt1 2nd test being the skidpad
Funny hearing that this is largely the same script from the 1949 reel of the same nature
This music reminds me of Popeye
🤣🤣🤣
Tilting the bus in motion while taking a turn is much more dangerous than stationary tilting.
This is what all recommendations should be like
Finally something worth watching in the recommended. The content, the music, what a great video, this is gold
2:29 BEST DRIFT I'VE EVER SEEN
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It's a skid, not a drift
RUclips recommendation is doing its job!👌
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@@OfficialWRX WTF?
Im an ex bus driver.
One time it was snowin and most other drivers called in "sick"
I on the other hand had no issue comin in.
I had a volvo vanHool double decker, and all day i was slow drifting around roundabouts- because it was slow and very well controlled passengers loved it and thought i was some sort of genius 😅
Good times. This in the early 2000s, bath depo to Chippenham known as the x32 and 231 back then.
Wow cool recommendation
:D
The only flawed thing about this test is the momentum and inertia of all that weight on the top deck going around a corner
This test just shows stability while stationary
Agrees. This test proves nothing.
British engineering is way better than any other nation on the face of the earth. My dad use to say, British are very clever in every aspect of technology
This is one of the best recommendations i’ve ever had. ty RUclips :)
Cool! I remember seeing a picture of this in a book when i was a kid. Fun to see it in action.
Same here!
I've gone to LegoLand and got a lego set.
@@LoopyChicken what?
@@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug there's a lego set for the "London Bus" took me about 14 hours to build.
@@LoopyChicken oh. I though it was a complete non sequitur.. (if you said "a lego set of this" it might have been clearer to me)
Come to think about it, I did actually also build several tilt tests and tested my Lego cars on it inspired by this when I was younger. Especially when I started with Technics and it was possible to use springs and larger wheels, and I also added coins in the bottom to lower the centre of mass. Lots of fun
Wow , thank you RUclips for recommending this
Surprising how good the cam quality is😎😂
Old busses like these are just beautiful
They ard all practically ... But in india all happens in real only on road
Oof
u got all my respect when u can drift a doubledecker
I like how he's pro drifting that thing at the end
It's called skidding
I remember seeing this when I was a little boy. Recalling my dad going "wow! 34 deg.!" I didn't understand what that was at that age, but if my dad was impressed, then so was I. 👍
After watching this video I am confident to ride on the upper deck of the bus. But sadly these dont run anymore 😢
Oi
Why do you tell these don't run anymore ??
Double deckers are very available in Bangladesh and people still use it it is very fast
however this bus model design is Scrapped.
I feel like these films were made for us in the future to show life back then
I love how they measure degrees
Y'all haven't seen what Mexico has for buses, S10 pickup trucks with 15" lowrider wheels.
Good quality
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I remember seeing something similar at the Coventry Transport Museum like a decade ago. Jeez I haven't been in a long time.
"only two safety busters act in place of protection in case something goes wrong"
Back when your work was something to take pride in.
Thanks RUclips algorithm !
New Bus: i can carry double my weight! :D
Old Bus: can you drift, 40° tilt? With No ABS, No high gear low gear sh*t. 4 tires only.
New Bus: oh
beautiful!!
As a 3yrs old kid I didn't look out of running train window when it passed over the river bridges fearing it would tilt and fall down on the river. I thought due to my weight getting positioned at one side of the train, the train would get tilted due to weight accumulation at one side..😂.
I wish I had seen this video before boarding the train..lol
I am an engineer now..😋
That’s actually really impressive, as someone who has never even seen a double decker bus in my life. It’s good to know I’d be safe in one if I ever do find the chance.