School Bus Accident
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Nottingham Fox
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Primary school children from Nottingham.
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/n...bus-crash/article-1599241-detail/article.html
Harbro-Fox
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Only cuts and bruises to the children which is a relieve.
Macky
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That's more than a little bit harsh isn't it?
Personally, I'm glad that nobody was killed and my sympathy goes out to the passengers, the driver and anybody else that might be affected.
Not really, anyone who drives a double decker bus should be intelligent enough to know that you have to pay attention to things like the height limits for bridges. This one obviously didn't.
Macky
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The thick fog may have clouded his judgement
I'm pretty sure the fog wasn't thick enough to stop the bridge being visible. If it was he should have been crawling along and the bus wouldn't have been damaged as much as the picture shows.
Han
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He was heading up Waterloo way, before turning right up Lancaster Street. The turn there is pretty tight for a big bus so he can't have been going very quickly at all. The fog was pretty thick this morning, but there is only about 10 metres between the junction and the bridge. Not sure how he didn't spot it.
Regardless of who was at fault i can't imagine what would have been going through the driver's head when he realised what had happened.
Regardless of who was at fault i can't imagine what would have been going through the driver's head when he realised what had happened.
Macky
Gruntled Member
Thankfully, it wasn't part of the bridge
Nottingham Fox
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The bus driver was from Notts, and was 24 years old.... quite young for a bus driver?? A couple of the reports I have read seem to suggest the fog was that thick, he just didn't see the bridge.
GazLCFC
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I work within 50 metres of the bridge and went passed at 8.45 and although it was misty it was easy to see a good distance. Once I heard about the incident at about 11.15, I could easily see the area from the office window.
From the junction to the bridge is about a distance of 15 metres. I find it difficult to belive that the fog was that thick that the driver couldn't see a bridge with a height sign and that is painted from that distance.
Just thankful that the kids were all physically ok (except for bleeding etc). Although many may more mental injuries.
From the junction to the bridge is about a distance of 15 metres. I find it difficult to belive that the fog was that thick that the driver couldn't see a bridge with a height sign and that is painted from that distance.
Just thankful that the kids were all physically ok (except for bleeding etc). Although many may more mental injuries.
bocadillo
Water Gypsy
I wouldn't have thought so. In fact it's hard to find an OTT response. Have you read them properly? How many do you feel are OTT?
Lako42
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The ones suggesting he is not as good a bus driver as others because he is from Nottingham?
bocadillo
Water Gypsy
One post?
Boy Genius
Banned
but............ nothing has been mentioned about if they enjoyed the museum.
Hazzman
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I didn't say as good as bus driver, I suggested that being from Nottingham, he probably didn't know the roads of Leicester that well. New Walk Museum for coaches, you use Regent Road, so why he was going under that bridge....
Motown Fox
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perhaps the SatNav sent him that way
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