Cyclists Blamed for Bus Crash

[glasgowcyclist]

As I said, I'm not speculating on whether they were the cause or anything, just observing that there are cyclists in that image.

Deletion of the tweets would be the normal approach following legal advice, and wouldnt in itself prove guilt or innocence.

From memory, the bus company apologised for the tweet and said cyclists were not the cause of the crash.

 

[gaijintendo]

As I said, I'm not speculating on whether they were the cause or anything, just observing that there are cyclists in that image.

Deletion of the tweets would be the normal approach following legal advice, and wouldnt in itself prove guilt or innocence.

From what I understand, cycling is popular in Cambridge. That picture shows a cyclist, but it also shows a bus otherwise blocking the road.
The photo could be any amount of time after the accident. I assume the Ambulance didn't just happen to be there.

I don't think there is any real merit in trying to establish if the cyclists were imaginary or not. There will be footage, and there is telemetry: which showed he was speeding as he approached the busway, if I read the article correctly.

 

[bonsaibilly]

From memory, the bus company apologised for the tweet and said cyclists were not the cause of the crash.

Correct, but I am only saying that the tweets would've been removed anyway under legal advice. Regardless of the outcome after that.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Do you drive?

What has that got to do with it? I reserve my right to trust no one when I'm cycling out there.

I'm with @Lonestar on this: whether we drive or not is irrelevant. I've never driven a car (except for a few driving lessons when I was fairly young), but I still know when a motorist is driving dangerously or carelessly.

 

[bonsaibilly]

From what I understand, cycling is popular in Cambridge. That picture shows a cyclist, but it also shows a bus otherwise blocking the road.
The photo could be any amount of time after the accident. I assume the Ambulance didn't just happen to be there.

I don't think there is any real merit in trying to establish if the cyclists were imaginary or not. There will be footage, and there is telemetry: which showed he was speeding as he approached the busway, if I read the article correctly.

Tut.

Some people on here went "I bet there weren't any cyclists really" and made a load of crass statements about drivers blaming crashes on imaginary things.

I'm simply saying that the image shows cyclists, which suggests that they may have been there, even if it was the busman's fault. Can't you read??

 

[gaijintendo]

Tut.

Some people on here went "I bet there weren't any cyclists really" and made a load of crass statements about drivers blaming crashes on imaginary things.

I'm simply saying that the image shows cyclists, which suggests that they may have been there, even if it was the busman's fault. Can't you read??

It is a road. There may be cyclists. I am not sure you really observed anything helpful.

 

[bonsaibilly]

It is a road. There may be cyclists. I am not sure you really observed anything helpful.

It wasn't intended to be helpful.

 

[gaijintendo]

It wasn't intended to be helpful.

I was initially trying to be helpful. But I am starting to come around to being unhelpful.

 

[NorthernDave]

Come on - it can't be easy being a bus driver when your only role models are Stan Butler and Keanu Reeves...

 

[bonsaibilly]

I was initially trying to be helpful. But I am starting to come around to being unhelpful.

Helpful is sooo 2008.

 

[raleighnut]

The driver tells his side of the story to the local anti-cycling rag.

Apparently, the way to safely avoid cyclists is to speed up...

"I accept that I exceeded the speed limit when overtaking the cyclists but I needed to pass them quickly to avoid an incident - and it for this that I was punished."

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/busway-crash-driver-ive-been-13380912

Someone tell the idiot that the way to avoid cyclists is to brake, not speed up.

 

[winjim]

Come on - it can't be easy being a bus driver when your only role models are Stan Butler and Keanu Reeves...

Sandra Bullock was driving the bus.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Someone tell the idiot that the way to avoid cyclists is to brake, not speed up.

It looks like at least a few of the comments below the article made this same point. We can only hope the bus driver decides to read these comments.

 

[mjr]

Some people on here went "I bet there weren't any cyclists really"

Can you quote any?

 

[bonsaibilly]

Can you quote any?

I don't need to.