mtattrain Posted October 13, 2011 Share #26 Posted October 13, 2011 Dang, that must suck. Good thing that it wasn't and Orion 7 this time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted October 13, 2011 Share #27 Posted October 13, 2011 WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!Around 1:30pm I saw 1664 being towed ,it passed right by me and I didn't notice any damages wow.:eek: That's the 2nd 400 series that has been in an accident. 1699(ex 462) was in an accident and it was repaired. Wait a minute, it passed by me too! On Columbus day, I took a Long Island Bus trip and at the time, I was on the N6 to Jamaica and I see the bus being towed, heading the opposite direction. I recorded the trip so you'll see it on Youtube as soon as I uncorrupt my video files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted October 13, 2011 Share #28 Posted October 13, 2011 WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!Around 1:30pm I saw 1664 being towed ,it passed right by me and I didn't notice any damages wow.:eek: That's the 2nd 400 series that has been in an accident. 1699(ex 462) was in an accident and it was repaired. Wait a minute, it passed by me too! On Columbus day, I took a Long Island Bus trip and at the time, I was on the N6 to Jamaica and I see the bus being towed, heading the opposite direction. I recorded the trip so you'll see it on Youtube as soon as I uncorrupt my video files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Operator Posted October 13, 2011 Share #29 Posted October 13, 2011 From the looks of the crash, I think the bus was going at a fast speed and hit the school bus and swanged it to the left. Looks are deceiving, because of bus design and material, you could split a bus in half at a very low speed. another crash... MTA is really letting LIB fail at it's final months Though often I comment against MTA, they are not letting anything fail per se. How is MTA responsable for crash? Anybody notice that the school bus came out of Locust Ave through a stop sign? There are several scenarios that I can think of here, including the schoool bus driver going through the stop sign without stopping and looking. Why is assumed the MTA LIB B/O is at fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Operator Posted October 13, 2011 Share #30 Posted October 13, 2011 From the looks of the crash, I think the bus was going at a fast speed and hit the school bus and swanged it to the left. Looks are deceiving, because of bus design and material, you could split a bus in half at a very low speed. another crash... MTA is really letting LIB fail at it's final months Though often I comment against MTA, they are not letting anything fail per se. How is MTA responsable for crash? Anybody notice that the school bus came out of Locust Ave through a stop sign? There are several scenarios that I can think of here, including the schoool bus driver going through the stop sign without stopping and looking. Why is assumed the MTA LIB B/O is at fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted October 13, 2011 Share #31 Posted October 13, 2011 Looks are deceiving, because of bus design and material, you could split a bus in half at a very low speed. The guy that rammed 1808 near Hofstra is a good example of how fragile these Orions are. He hit the thing at 70 MPH and almost tipped it over, and managed to rip a van-sized hole of the right side of the bus. I doubt they built the NG HEVs any different. How is MTA responsable for crash? Anybody notice that the school bus came out of Locust Ave through a stop sign? There are several scenarios that I can think of here, including the schoool bus driver going through the stop sign without stopping and looking. Why is assumed the MTA LIB B/O is at fault? They do this with every bus story that involves an bus. It's just that there hasn't been an accident with a bus in revenue service on LI in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queens Surface Posted October 13, 2011 Share #32 Posted October 13, 2011 It's like LIB is busting up the buses on purpose now...1664 in better days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share #33 Posted October 13, 2011 The guy that rammed 1808 near Hofstra is a good example of how fragile these Orions are. He hit the thing at 70 MPH and almost tipped it over, and managed to rip a van-sized hole of the right side of the bus. I doubt they built the NG HEVs any different. They do this with every bus story that involves an bus. It's just that there hasn't been an accident with a bus in revenue service on LI in years. You mean 1804, right? It's like LIB is busting up the buses on purpose now...1664 in better days... Nice! :tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R68 Subway Car Posted October 13, 2011 Share #34 Posted October 13, 2011 That whole thing there is a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty24 Posted October 15, 2011 Share #35 Posted October 15, 2011 They're probably going to fix it though. It's 11 buses at Mitchell Field that are OOS and they use those for parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted October 15, 2011 Share #36 Posted October 15, 2011 You mean 1804, right? Oh, I did. I always thought 1808 was nailed first and then I remembered they went down in number order (1804 first). 1664 is a Rockville Centre bus, but I think MF has a lot more spare Orions to go around... and they've already started retiring some of the Orion Vs from 2000, maybe they'll use those to repair it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share #37 Posted October 15, 2011 I don't know about this, but if Veolia is taking LIB's current buses, then this is what I have a feeling would happen : Since these are the last months of LIB, I think they are going to leave the bus in the yard and let Veolia handle this...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom909 Posted October 15, 2011 Share #38 Posted October 15, 2011 WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!Around 1:30pm I saw 1664 being towed ,it passed right by me and I didn't notice any damages wow.:eek: That's the 2nd 400 series that has been in an accident. 1699(ex 462) was in an accident and it was repaired. LIB #437 (now 1674) was involved in an accident a few years ago in Long Beach. That was repaired too. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted October 16, 2011 Share #39 Posted October 16, 2011 Poor kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted October 16, 2011 Share #40 Posted October 16, 2011 Yikes! I hope the B/O is okay. I'm sure the kids are physically fine, since those school buses are built like tanks. Not surprised the '05 got most of the damage, especially since the front corners have so much sensitive material, like lights and the luminator. Even a low speed impact into the side of a school bus can cause a lot of damage to a weaker vehicle (i.e. anything but another school bus). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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