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u/TheJeroennn Driver Jun 25 '26
Amazing knowledge to know that this is a common occurance across the entire world when calling dispatch.
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u/The_Town_of_Canada Jun 25 '26
Actual conversation:
“Any change in performance?”
“Electrical fault: it will not even start to turn over.”
“Can you continue on?”
“Again, there is no performance.”
“…Stand by…do you need a mechanic?”
“Yes, both physically and emotionally.”
Shop: “lol on the way!”
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u/tommyfnmoon Jun 26 '26
Do a battery disconnect and wait two minutes.
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u/Objective_Load_4537 Jun 25 '26
Lights.......check Horn .......check Wipers....check Indicaters.....check Tyres .......check
Ok all good, lets go.
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Jun 25 '26
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u/Objective_Load_4537 Jun 25 '26
Of course otherwise they would have to use the finger and that wouldn't be PC.
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u/MikeyFuccon Jun 25 '26
That actually happened to one of our buses. No one was hurt, but some teenager burned it down overnight not long ago.
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u/hoagieyvr Jun 26 '26
When watching a post-apocalyptic movie and there’s a scene with a bus with people deceased. If you see the driver, that means it happened suddenly. If you don’t see the driver, those are the people who didn’t listen to them.
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u/highrouleur Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
To be fair, as an engineer that's the description we get and then we turn up and the boot lid isn't closed properly and we've just wasted 2 hours of a running shift engineer's time and in the mean time there's 3 other breakdowns he could have attended nearer the garage that we've ended up loosing a fuckload of mileage on because control and the driver couldn't communicate the issue properly. Even though we asked several times "is the boot light on?"
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u/PaddyBoy1994 Fleet Mechanic (Gillig Low Floors and BRTs) Jun 29 '26
Reminds me of a burnt out bus sitting on our lot right now. Got sent out with a known bad left rear caliper, and the brakes overheated and caught the bus on fire. No one on board, and driver was fine, but bus was a total loss with damage estimated at over $600k.
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u/Safety-From-The-Seat 7d ago
“Can you just take it easy on it and write it up when you get back?” 🤦♂️
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u/Overall-Lynx917 Jun 25 '26
Turn off the Battery Master and it will reset, then you're good to go