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Kaliwax

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Quite a lot of the Merseyside 13 plate B5LHs are being converted to Diesel and will become driver trainers.
 
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M60lad said:
How does it happen multiple times, well quite easy with Citaroes as not only do they have handbrakes they have a halt brake and if the driver has just used the halt brake and just got out of the cab without putting the handbrake on then something is bound to happen eventually.
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It last happened with a Plaxton Paladin about 15 years ago too, so not just a Citaro thing.
 
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M60lad said:
How does it happen multiple times, well quite easy with Citaroes as not only do they have handbrakes they have a halt brake and if the driver has just used the halt brake and just got out of the cab without putting the handbrake on then something is bound to happen eventually.
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Quite a few things have to go wrong before the bus rolls away if stopped on the halt brake. The bus has to be isolated (idle shutdown + battery guards may do this without driver input), it has to be isolated for a few minutes and the relay that buzzes when isolated with the handbrake off has to be disconnected for the driver to not realise.
 
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