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Buses with Microsoft OS?

iwb · 2003-11-08 23:01:47

I was on one of the big blue (just noticed this one) Airport Buses a few weeks ago. It stopped at a set of lights and when they went green, the guy struggled for a few minutes to get a gear, or so it seemed. Eventually, after what seemed like a long time he switched off the bus, waited a few seconds and started it again.…

09-11-2003 12:01AM

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I was on one of the big blue (just noticed this one) Airport Buses a few weeks ago. It stopped at a set of lights and when they went green, the guy struggled for a few minutes to get a gear, or so it seemed.
Eventually, after what seemed like a long time he switched off the bus, waited a few seconds and started it again. Everything was just fine then. I asked him when I was getting off if he had rebooted the bus. He didn't know what had happened.
The bus had at least two lcd displays on the dash and looked fairly complicated.
I hope the brakes and steering aren't controlled by the same computer.

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