(07 Aug 2022, 1:20 pm)Andreos1 wrote Not really.
Cloud backup and malware protection will ultimately reduce or mitigate any damage. Potentially eliminating some.
Is an alert telling the driver there's a low bridge going to eliminate, reduce or mitigate the chances of taking the roof off?
Not sure it does. Because it still happens.
The question is more around the cost benefit of having that software on a bus and seeing the exclusive benefits of that software vs traditional methods.
Do the traditional methods complement the newer technologies?
Can more cost effective methods be put in to place and will they be as effective?
We are talking about one operator who is clearly struggling, but is paying out quite a bit of money on various bits of kit, which may be giving them an ROI (they may not) - but aren't really spending money on the ground (such as drivers wages - who clearly do give the operator an ROI).
But presumably it tells them the route to take?
I get why operstors have the technology, but it seems to me a "we must do something" thing
If you think how often a 21 or X1 driver goes over the High Level Bridge in a day, the audio warnings happen so often it effectively becomes background noise, so that time the driver really needs heed the advice, they may ignore it.