How is this not dangerous driving?

joe2008
joe2008 Posts: 1,531
edited June 2017 in The cake stop
Shocking bit of bus driving, and a very lucky man who walked away from this...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england ... in-reading

No arrests were made!

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  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    I guess the police know more than we do ?

    Looks like the bus is out of control to me ? Mechanical fault perhaps ?
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Probably feels like he got hit by a bus.
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  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    Fenix wrote:
    I guess the police know more than we do ?

    Looks like the bus is out of control to me ? Mechanical fault perhaps ?

    That's true, maybe the accelerator jammed on, or the driver had a health issue.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,400
    Wow, there has to be a fault/health problem. No sign of slowing at all. The speed was all scrubbed off by the impact
  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    Looks less dramatic now... BBC have paused the full event and put up a warning; the original unedited footage looked much faster, and was pretty horrific.
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,943
    It's bizarre how he just gets up and carries on walking into the shop* (if that's where he was going in the first place). I'll bet some shock kicked in shortly afterwards

    *EDIT. No, it's a pub, and that's where he was going there at 9:12 am for a pint.


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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 8,731
    That guy can take a hit better than Chris Eubank, he shatters the windscreen with his head and gets back up and strolls away!
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  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    DeVlaeminck wrote:
    That guy can take a hit better than Chris Eubank, he shatters the windscreen with his head and gets back up and strolls away!

    Helmet saved his life :wink:
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    Capt Slog wrote:
    It's bizarre how he just gets up and carries on walking into the shop* (if that's where he was going in the first place). I'll bet some shock kicked in shortly afterwards

    *EDIT. No, it's a pub, and that's where he was going there at 9:12 am for a pint.

    To be fair - even a lightweight like me might feel like a drink after that...
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,943
    Fenix wrote:
    Capt Slog wrote:
    It's bizarre how he just gets up and carries on walking into the shop* (if that's where he was going in the first place). I'll bet some shock kicked in shortly afterwards

    *EDIT. No, it's a pub, and that's where he was going there at 9:12 am for a pint.

    To be fair - even a lightweight like me might feel like a drink after that...

    Yes, me too. But he was on his way there when it happened.


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  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Is it the guy from Right Said Fred?
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    Garry H wrote:
    Is it the guy from Right Said Fred?

    are you suggesting he is too sexy for his shirt?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,454
    I can't believe how easily he got back up and that he seemed completely unscathed. He was really luckily not to get hit into the lamppost or crushed against it. Bet he was stiff and sore later when the adrenaline ran out.
  • john80
    john80 Posts: 2,965
    That is not dangerous driving. In Britain you can do pretty much whatever you like with a vehicle and unless you hit the Queen you will be grand. Your fellow jurors will have full sympathy as to how you got involved in a accident such as this. Could have happened to anyone mate.

    Apologies for the sarcasm in advance.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Pross wrote:
    I can't believe how easily he got back up and that he seemed completely unscathed. Bet he was stiff and sore later when the adrenaline ran out.

    Could be down to him starting at 9am...the day before.

    Being serious though, isn't it the tensing up of the muscles that exaggerates* injuries. Not being aware your about to be hit is better as you and your muscles are all loose.

    But yes, lucky to not be killed and obviously a fault with the bus or medical episode for the driver. Scary.

    *maybe the wrong word?
  • trek_dan
    trek_dan Posts: 1,366
    So he goes into the pub;
    He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink
    He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink
    He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
    He sings the songs that remind him of the best times
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,943
    Dinyull wrote:

    Could be down to him starting at 9am...the day before.

    Being serious though, isn't it the tensing up of the muscles that exaggerates* injuries. Not being aware your about to be hit is better as you and your muscles are all loose.

    But yes, lucky to not be killed and obviously a fault with the bus or medical episode for the driver. Scary.

    *maybe the wrong word?

    exacerbate? :D

    But yes, I've heard the same.

    I used to ride a motorbike, and one day I was "being a hero in the wet" :roll: . It was all going well on a roundabout until I realised I was looking at the front wheel from the side. :shock:

    In those split seconds that last a long time I remembered Barry Sheen talking to Michael Parkinson about crashes. He said that the best thing to do in an accident is relax, so I did. I rolled down the road like a rag doll and then got up to see that the bike hadn't done so well.


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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,294
    I find it very difficult to relax when falling off, but I know I should.
    Regarding musical connections and this, made me think of:

    I get knocked down but I get up again
    Nothing's gonna bring me down....

    Possibly by Chumbawamba.
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 12,671
    Veronese68 wrote:
    I find it very difficult to relax when falling off, but I know I should.
    Regarding musical connections and this, made me think of:

    I get knocked down but I get up again
    Nothing's gonna bring me down....

    Possibly by Chumbawamba.
    Tubthumping.

    Will be walking along that there Gun St tomorrow evening en route Zero Degrees bar n microbrewery. Hope that bus driver is off shift.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    orraloon wrote:
    Hope that bus driver is off shift.
    For some time, I suspect.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    orraloon wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    I find it very difficult to relax when falling off, but I know I should.
    Regarding musical connections and this, made me think of:

    I get knocked down but I get up again
    Nothing's gonna bring me down....

    Possibly by Chumbawamba.
    Tubthumping.

    Will be walking along that there Gun St tomorrow evening en route Zero Degrees bar n microbrewery. Hope that bus driver is off shift.

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