Having previously managed in the bus/coach industry, the majority of bus drivers aren't lunatics I can assure you. The wage has nothing to do with this one who clearly is!
Miraculous escape when bus hits pedestrian
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RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
Holy fook! what a miraculous escape!!! my jaw completely dropped when i saw him being hit by the bus....
I think he was LUCKY that the bus was travelling at such a speed that it he was thrown completely clear of it when he was hit.
I think he was LUCKY that the bus was travelling at such a speed that it he was thrown completely clear of it when he was hit.
Appeal to qualification therefore my opinion rules?
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Having put hundreds of bus drivers before the Courts in 26 years of policing I'm pretty sure they are, and the salary is everything to do with it - pay peanuts, get monkeys.
Drivers from other disciplines with advanced experience and qualifications can earn several multiples as much - the correlation between the salary and the quality of wheelman is pretty strong.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
"Simon Smith was knocked to the ground by the vehicle while walking along Gun Street. He was able to get back on his feet afterwards and suffered only bruising".
I'm glad his amazing dancing bear wasn't involved in all that.
I'm glad his amazing dancing bear wasn't involved in all that.
jefmcg
Guru
"Reading Buses says it was an awful incident which is being investigated internally."
Surely the police are also investigating?
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
One of the better paid jobs around these parts so I am informed.
They will be along with VOSA.
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John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Buses are flat, so they tend not to scoop you up and fling you, so much as knock you flat (having been hit by both a car and a bus, I speak only from personal experience). I think that might have something to do with it. I suspect that the "grazes and bruising" may be more severe than the reports imply. Three weeks on from hitting the tarmac myself at lower speed, I have an elbow that's still pretty tender (but irritatingly, not troubling enough to make me remember not to rest on the hurty bit).
I wish the news media wouldn't minimise incidents like this - I suspect that this bloke is going to be very uncomfortable (to say the least) for not less than a month - not to mention that he'll be questioning just how bad this could have been for a long while.
I wish the news media wouldn't minimise incidents like this - I suspect that this bloke is going to be very uncomfortable (to say the least) for not less than a month - not to mention that he'll be questioning just how bad this could have been for a long while.
They just seemded to turn up at Stagecoach after an incident like this, I could well be wrong and they may have been there for other reasons.
Oops! VOSA, I will go back and change it.
Tenacious Sloth
Guru
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Shame you posted this. I would have liked to have gone through the rest of my life imagining that there was someone harder than Goliath's big brother who wandered into the pub and had the following conversation...
Barman: Morning Dave. Usual?
Dave: Cheers Phil.
Barman: Been up to much lately?
Dave: Nah. Not really. Ahhhh... that's hit the spot, thanks. Bit breezy out there today, almost had me off my feet.
Graham
Utter codswallop!
Many more car drivers are convicted, than bus drivers, and it doesn't make all of them lunatics.
There are a good proportion of bus and coach drivers who have an extremely professional attitude and driving ability.
As in any walk of life, there are a MINORITY of lunatics.
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Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Barman: Morning Dave. Usual?
Dave: Cheers Phil.
Barman: Been up to much lately?
Dave: Nah. Not really. Just knocked down a bus
Graham
With one wee change
