And who designed it this way, and why?
Heh! And I always thought that the driver's controls should be on the INSIDE! Genius!
Vandals halt some hybrid buses in Hunters Point
The Municipal Railway will not use buses from its new hybrid fleet on one line that runs through the public housing projects in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood until officials can stop troublemakers there from turning off the buses' power switches.
Yup, as I've always said, computers' attention span is only as long as its extension cord. Seems to apply to buses too (hybrid = electric). On/Off switches have the same effect.
Muni drivers have reported over the last couple of weeks that people have been shutting down the power on their buses by flipping a switch that can be accessed easily through an unlocked panel on the outside of the bus.
When that happens, the drivers can't accelerate, they lose radio contact with dispatchers and the interior lights on the buses go out. The power loss does not affect the brakes.
And the genius who not only put the On/Off outside was who? And the evaluation committee missed it, and the workers who maintain these puppies? Now, I could start in on the "trouble-makers", but face it, it is kinda funny!
"We see this as an isolated problem but one we certainly take seriously," Muni spokesman Judson True said Thursday.
Yeah, I'd say so. Buses that don't move tend to get in the way.... Until locks are installed on the power boxes, True said the hybrid buses will not be used on the 54-Felton line.
