CIE Bus Driver Training Film (1965)

This Video is taken from a well known CIE driver training film. It starts in Clonskea south Co. Dublin with RA26 and moves on to the Broadstone driving school. R729 is the bus on 'Skid Pan' which is now part of Phibsboro garage.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 1965
• CIE
• Training
• School
• Broadstone
• Dublin
• bus
• control
• practice
• skid
• pan
• Phibsboro
• garage
• R729
• leyland
• titan
• Eireann
• Inspector

[irishmanufan]

thanks this is very interesting . what kept the buses for jacknifing on the skid pan . i have seen film of routemasters on the chiswick one and always wondered what keeps them upright .

[tecmovie]

I think only an artic can jacknife.

A doubledeck bus could "turn over". The bus while skidding on the wet patch doesn`t lean much, but as soon as it reaches dry ground it leans due to the tyres scrubbing on the ground. If during the skid the wheels banged into something solid, eg kerb of footpath, the momemtum would probably make the body lean enough to land on its side. In the vid we are told the buses can lean to an angle of 45 degrees before there is any likelihood of turning over.

[irishmanufan]

thankl for the answer . after reading your comment i did recall seeing pictures of a standard D and a KD undergoing a tilt test !

would modern anti-lock breaks make a difference in preventing skiding as they are not supposed to lock solid when applied as the breaks on R729 would have done

[tecmovie]

L you got it in one. The technology has come a long way in the last 40/50 years. I didn`t drive the R`s in service but I`m told you knew you`d done a days work at the end of your shift !

Des

[Paul19Sc]

As a bus and Coach driver Ive often wondered why if this is such a responsible career etc etc is the pay SHIT ??????????????!!

[Lousypenguin]

That bus driver at the end is a legend!

[nocomplyimpossible]

Classic video, love the way the skid bus has a whiskey ad.

[buloo1234]

thanks 4 putting the vid on,my grandad who died 30 years ago worked in broadstone driving the buses

[patchesutick]

they should go back to training drivers like that,truck and bus,some amount of gobshits driving now,i never said anything about our europenis import drivers..

[geanniemac]

this is my dad driving the bus on the skid pan, pretty cool to see him now, he was a great driver. he looks so young there, sadly he is no longer with us, gone to that big skid pan in the sky.

[birdman404]

brings me back!!!sigh!!

[The86416]

Top footage.

[B58PMCSA]

And there appears to be a few passengers aboard during this skid test!

[irishmanufan]

i know what you mean i learnt how to drive on a car with no power stearing in 1994 . i took 2 hour lessons every 2 weeks . my shoulders would be killing me at the end of the lessons . god knows what it would be like for a bus driver after his shift , which would be a lot longer then 2 hours and an older bus is a lot heavier then a car.