[plug] all your XXX belong to us (was: valentine)

[Cameron Patrick]

Garry wrote:

| The older buses are speed limited to 85km/h, but this varies from
| 80-~86 with mechanical tolerance, the newer buses (a/c with no
| openable windows) are 90km/h, but some of them go close to 100. It's
| policy (at Southern Transit at least) to only use the newer type on
| the Freeway for the speed and reliability factors.

Swan Transit don't seem to have this policy.  Most of the Perth-Murdoch
buses seem to be the old hinged "bus-and-a-half" type (I'm sure there's
a technical term for them but this'll do); they were generally half
empty too, so I've no idea why they didn't just use normal sized buses.
I also got the impression from they way they were overtaking cars that
they were doing somewhat more than 85km/h.

I've also seen the buses they use for Perth-Mandurah at Murdoch PnR.
Big things with curtains on the windows and adverts for Mandurah train
station on the side.  Said "100 speed limited" on the back.

Cameron.