Bus v. Fiero, if only

[Chromatix]

FWIW, a rail vehicle - even a tram - tends to weigh more than a bus.

Class 142 "Pacer" DMU: 24 tons per coach (built with a bus body and a rail chassis)
Manchester Metrolink tram: 22.5 tons empty per half-unit (strictly a light-rail vehicle)
The Sheffield Supertram is a similar weight to the Manchester vehicles.
The Helsinki Nr.II tram is about 27 tons per vehicle.

By contrast...

Dennis Trident Bus: 14.5 tons tare (double decker, oldish)
Dennis Enviro300 Bus: 14.4 tons tare (single decker, newish)

Of course I'd rather not get hit by any of them...

[crazylegs]

What is it with buses...?

I went to a car v. bus collision recently, the car was a write off, but everyone walked away from it...

[PepperElf]

swinging a purse on a shoulder strap that is the size of a whole ham and weighs about the same.

and ooo the joy of watching that purse hit the car and popping the air bags (if they have any)

[the toy guy]

This goes double for trains, too. Typical weight is in the hundreds if not thousands of tons, the brakes take *time* to apply and take effect, and then deceleration is limited by steel/steel interface rather than rubber/tarmac interface.

It's one thing to not see the train coming. It's quite another to deliberately cross in front of it...

reminds me of this
http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2008-17.html