London Bus Crash

[emmie]

watched this on the news, amazed there are no fatalities, so far...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25465221

[emmie]

considering it wouldn't have been going that fast, the damage is extensive.

[jno]

quite a solid-looking tree; I suppose passengers who were standing or coming downstairs would have been thrown about a bit, even if it was only 20mph or so.

[emmie]

lots injured, a couple seriously, the report says that it swerved to avoid a vehicle, and smashed into the tree. Its the top of the bus that always seem more vulnerable...

[pixie373]

According to the eyewitness- the tree crashed into the bus. I hope they don't have him in Court.

[whiskeryron]

Sorry to read about this hope people are not too badly hurt. Just a thought would passengers on buses be safer wearing seat belts ? After all passengers on coaches have to wear them by law.

WR.

[jno]

difficult for standing passengers, WR, unless of course the belt wasn't attached to anything. Doing away with standing would drastically rearrange the economics of public transport.

[emmie]

our buses are often crammed to bursting, many a time i have had to stand all the way home, not good for me at all. The tree better have a good lawyer if so pixie, a tree sawyer perhaps