{"id":5468,"date":"2023-02-16T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T22:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photold.org\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2023-02-16T22:00:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T22:00:33","slug":"the-leaning-test-performed-on-the-double-decker-buses-in-england-to-show-how-unlikely-they-were-to-tip-over-1930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/2023\/02\/16\/the-leaning-test-performed-on-the-double-decker-buses-in-england-to-show-how-unlikely-they-were-to-tip-over-1930\/","title":{"rendered":"The leaning test performed on the double decker buses in England, to show how unlikely they were to tip over, 1930."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div><p>In 1930, the British government ran a lean test on double-decker buses to demonstrate their stability. This was in response to public concern that the buses were too top-heavy and could tip over if they went around a corner too quickly. To prove the buses were safe, the Ministry of Transport ran a lean test which involved driving a bus around a corner at increasing speeds until the outside wheels lifted off the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The tests were a success and proved that double-decker buses were safe and stable, even at high speeds. The government then passed legislation to ensure that all new buses were built to the same standards.<\/p>\n<p>This was a great example of the government taking the necessary steps to ensure public safety, and the legacy of the double-decker bus lives on today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-16.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5469\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-16.jpg?resize=720%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"image-16-jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-16.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-16.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-16.jpg?resize=720%2C720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1930, the British government ran a lean test on double-decker buses to demonstrate their stability. This was in response to public concern that the buses were too top-heavy and could tip over if they went around a corner too quickly. To prove the buses were safe, the Ministry of Transport ran a lean test which involved driving a bus around a corner at increasing speeds until the outside wheels lifted off the ground. The tests were a success and proved that double-decker buses were safe and stable, even at high speeds. The government then passed legislation to ensure that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/2023\/02\/16\/the-leaning-test-performed-on-the-double-decker-buses-in-england-to-show-how-unlikely-they-were-to-tip-over-1930\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The leaning test performed on the double decker buses in England, to show how unlikely they were to tip over, 1930.<\/span> r\u00e9szletei&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[76,2142,500,549,1930,2143,1986,2145,2146,1819,2144],"class_list":["post-5468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-photo","tag-76","tag-buses","tag-double-decker","tag-england","tag-irrigation","tag-lean-test","tag-legacy","tag-ministryoftransport","tag-publicsafety","tag-safety","tag-stability","post_format-post-format-image","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5470,"href":"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions\/5470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressnavigator.hu\/photold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}