(04 Sep 2015, 9:09 pm)mb134 wrote With regards to speed limiting on buses, I recall being on ANE's 7524 last year, and noticing a sticker in the cab informing the driver it was limited to 100Km/h (62mph), which is fair enough, it seems stupid to me that the Streetlites are limited to 50mph. Is there a way of changing the limiter on these, I know that it has been said on here that the limit on the B8RLE can be changed, if it can't on the Streetlite then that is surely a major oversight?
I think the Streetlite is really designed as a city bus. It copes well with routes like Arriva Co Durham 22 and GNE Coast and country which have short fast sections but would be a dead loss on anything with long high speed stretches - the same reasoning for not liking the Streetdeck on the X21, in fact.
The whole selling of something that's a bit limited as efficient gets my goat, really. It's not just buses. I bought my iron (of all tedious everyday things) for being lightweight so it doesn't hurt my arthritic hands, but it's sold as being an eco iron. It uses less energy if you use it on the cotton setting instead of the linen one, which makes it all efficient and eco friendly, like
