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http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/china-to-build-ginormous-buses-that-cars-can-drive-under-video/

Mental!

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I initially thought from looking at the picture that you drive your car onto the bus. Kind of like a road going Channel Tunnel train, only without the train, the tunnel or anything apart from the ability for one vehicle to carry another.

how does it turn round corners?

It's articulated

It's on a track. Follow the link and watch the vid.

More of a train than a bus then

Very well spoken, too.

Like that.
As for the train,how about feeding the nation first before all these bright money spending ideas.
To be fair they are not the only nation taking the piss....India has spent 500 million in the last twenty years trying to put a rocket into space...while millions cannot even drink fresh water and kids are regularly living on the streets and being abused.
No doubt the train is class and will get people to there destinations abit quicker...thats progress.

Some twatty boy racer is fucking bound to jump the lights and get sliced in half by a turning mega bus.

I also thought it looked like a bus for cars that you drive your car onto.

One of my first thoughts is that surely cars will be turning across it to get out of the lane but yeah, there will probably be lights.

 :hmmm:

A couple of things....

What if your vehicle is 21ft high and the clearance of the bus/train is 20ft?
You wouldn't be able to see road signs whilst travelling under it.

Driving in most cities consists of realising you are in the wrong lane, should make lane hopping interesting.

I look forward to Leefer's story from Beijing then.

survival of the fittest

How about these trains. Surely a whiplash claim waiting to happen...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DfDOlUXEBo

Accident waiting to happen, the drivers here are the worst I have ever come across. 

What happens if there's heavy traffic and a queue starts forming underneath and you cant get out before your turning?
You could end up stuck beneath it for miles

Looks like a rebirth of the tramline without the ridiculous noise or stupidly dangerous overhead lines.

Saw in the metro in one chinese state instead of fining drivers who ignore red lights, they are giving money to those who do!

Or don't....

You've not been to India then?

Beijing was pretty good, just gets a bit manic when you get to some of the major junctions and everyone just goes for it.