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Millar's TALES
| 题名： | Millar's TALES |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | Alan Millar |
| 摘要： | Mrs M and I spent part of July in Canada where I'm pleased to report a variation on the unit of measurement that back home is the supposed length of a London bus. While retired British double-deckers - from London and beyond - are not entirely unknown in Canadian cities, they're a lot less common than they used to be and, besides, are hardly Canadian. In the mountain resort of Whistler, one of the summer visitor attractions is the strong chance of sighting bears in the wild, feeding on berries within close reach of the middle of town. All of which works fine as long as humans maintain a respectful distance from the bears and neither provoke nor encourage them. Which is where the length of a bus comes into play. The recommended margin of safety is 100m, which this sign in the pedestrianised town centre suggests is a line of seven yellow schoolbuses. If that's true - unhelpfully, the websites for the manufacturers of these quintessentially North American vehicles quote all dimensions other than overall length - we're talking of single-deckers measuring 14.3m or nearly 47ft from bumper to bumper. Might be an idea to imagine a line of at least eight Blue Bird or Thomas buses when placing a safe distance between you and Bruin. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 74 |
| 期： | 810 |
| 页码： | 22-23 |
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