stackyFACTSDriving a bus is easy until you realize your vehicle is permanently leashed to six hundred volts of electricity dangling directly above you.
Driving a bus is easy until you realize your vehicle is permanently leashed to six hundred volts of electricity dangling directly above you. When a trolleybus in Ohio needs to turn a corner, it utilizes overhead wire switches called 'frogs.' The driver momentarily powers up or coasts through a specific zone, which physically toggles the overhead mechanism and safely violently yanks the trolley poles onto the correct diverging wires.
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