(18 Mar 2023, 12:05 am)Jimmi wrote Speaking of buses grounding out, I was on the X15 to Alnwick the other week and overhead a driver mentoring a new recruit say to them that the 72 plate batch of E400MMCs (this is what we had on this journey) seem more prone to grounding when turning off Tower Lane onto Clayport Street in Alnwick than the previous batch, a horrible noise followed which was sure enough grounding occurring. *this didn't occur on another journey that day however, so may also be a case of how you turn out of that junction*

It's very much dependent on how you take the corner. A driver I know explained it to me as if you don't immediately turn from the junction (i.e if you go straight forward even slightly before beginning the turn) then you'll scrape the bottom of the front.