1 dead , 4 serious.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7410203.stm

Didn't side swipe bars get installed on all double deckers at the top
left for just this eventuality?

B2003

On May 20, 12:06 pm, Boltar wrote:
1 dead , 4 serious.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7410203.stm

Didn't side swipe bars get installed on all double deckers at the top
left for just this eventuality?

B2003

From the look of it, this one wasn't fitted. You don't see many with
them anyway. It must have been a pretty serious incident for there to
be a death and so many injuries.

Neill

Boltar gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

1 dead , 4 serious.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7410203.stm

Didn't side swipe bars get installed on all double deckers at the top
left for just this eventuality?

The pic shows that the roof pillars have bent, and the main roof itself
is damaged. The bars are just to push smaller branches out the way - they
won't protect against a trunk or solid branch strike. The driver's meant
to do that bit.

In message
, at
04:11:30 on Tue, 20 May 2008, Neill remarked:
1 dead , 4 serious.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7410203.stm

Didn't side swipe bars get installed on all double deckers at the top
left for just this eventuality?

B2003

From the look of it, this one wasn't fitted. You don't see many with
them anyway. It must have been a pretty serious incident for there to
be a death and so many injuries.

As it hit a tree (when buses normally pass by unaffected), and killed a
pedestrian, perhaps the bus had mounted the pavement?
--
Roland Perry

On May 20, 12:11 pm, Neill wrote:
From the look of it, this one wasn't fitted. You don't see many with
them anyway. It must have been a pretty serious incident for there to
be a death and so many injuries.

Yes , does look nasty. I don't know that road but since its central
london you'd think the trees would be regularly trimmed back so buses
don't hit them. Perhaps a branch came down or something. Unless the
driver mounted the pavement of course but it doesn't look like it.

B2003

Roland Perry gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

From the look of it, this one wasn't fitted. You don't see many with
them anyway. It must have been a pretty serious incident for there to be
a death and so many injuries.

As it hit a tree (when buses normally pass by unaffected), and killed a
pedestrian, perhaps the bus had mounted the pavement?

Do you know whether the bus actually hit the pedestrian? Or was she
killed by falling glass?

Adrian wrote:
The pic shows that the roof pillars have bent, and the main roof itself
is damaged. The bars are just to push smaller branches out the way - they
won't protect against a trunk or solid branch strike. The driver's meant
to do that bit.

There's a better(*) pic here;

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article....&in_page_id=34

(*) At time of writing (the BBC article is subject to updates).

ESB

On May 20, 12:36 pm, Ernst S Blofeld
wrote:
Adrian wrote:
The pic shows that the roof pillars have bent, and the main roof itself
is damaged. The bars are just to push smaller branches out the way - they
won't protect against a trunk or solid branch strike. The driver's meant
to do that bit.

There's a better(*) pic here;

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article....148564&in_page...

(*) At time of writing (the BBC article is subject to updates).

Thats a large chunk of tree. You'd think the driver could hardly fail
to spot it in the way though they seem not to spot low bridges either
so who knows. I wonder if the bus was on diversion.

B2003

On May 20, 12:44 pm, Boltar wrote:
On May 20, 12:36 pm, Ernst S Blofeld
wrote:

Adrian wrote:
The pic shows that the roof pillars have bent, and the main roof itself
is damaged. The bars are just to push smaller branches out the way - they
won't protect against a trunk or solid branch strike. The driver's meant
to do that bit.

There's a better(*) pic here;

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article....148564&in_page...

(*) At time of writing (the BBC article is subject to updates).

Thats a large chunk of tree. You'd think the driver could hardly fail
to spot it in the way though they seem not to spot low bridges either
so who knows. I wonder if the bus was on diversion.

B2003

Don't think it was on diversion. One branch is down and it loks like
another is hanging off. That's a tremedous amount of damage caused by
a branch of even a fullt grown plane tree. What speed was it going at
the time?

Neill

On May 20, 12:51 pm, Neill wrote:
Don't think it was on diversion. One branch is down and it loks like
another is hanging off. That's a tremedous amount of damage caused by
a branch of even a fullt grown plane tree. What speed was it going at
the time?

The tree? Not very fast I suspect. Though possibly the bus driver
missed a "plant crossing" sign further back up the road

B2003