
By John Oates
Published: 21 May 1999 15:39 BST
It took a scientist, a 12-man research team and a specially written logical analysis programme to prove - but we can now sleep easy in the knowledge that three buses arriving at the same time is inevitable.
This is the result of groundbreaking research by Professor Wren from Leeds University. Wren claims it is impossible to have enough "slack" in any system to avoid problems.
According to the report, Wren developed his love of timetables watching trams from his grandmother's window in Aberdeen.
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