Is it to save on space, the cost of making a bus or to reduce the possible speed that a fully packed bus can attain by not making the bus look like a normal car?
2006-08-26 20:34:33 · 5 answers · asked by «ªlºgøn» 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
A big reason is visibility. The driver can see right down to the pavement directly in front of the bus and at the corners with the rear-engine arrangement. When there's an engine compartment at the front of the bus, it blocks the driver's sight-lines to obstacles or fallen pedestrians.
2006-08-26 20:40:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only does it help visibility, it makes it easier to squeeze the bus into a tight space.
There is something universal about buses. At places on the streets of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, there are signs with what is obviously a picture of a bus, along with the words "wuquf haflat". I knew that "wuquf" means to stop or park, so obviously "haflat" means bus.
2006-08-27 03:56:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the driver can look very clearly to all pedistrians and all small vehicles in front and sides of the bus
the visibility must be great because the driver is seated at a height from the ground
and it has nothing to do with aerodynamics as it does not go at a speed.
2006-08-27 05:40:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Jerry E said. And it reduces cost in manufacture
2006-08-27 03:48:09 · answer #4 · answered by Ironball 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is so that the front end of the bus resembles a huge square hammer head in case people step in front of it.
2006-08-27 03:41:18 · answer #5 · answered by Stand-up Philosopher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋