Chell Road Bus Stop

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Scuttlingb

Jacquie
Just want to say it wasn't me who knocked over the bus shelter on Chell Road!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7295136.stm
 
Wormella

Wormella

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Toble

Toble

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Was it bus driver?
Or, as I would like to think..... some tosser in a wanked-up hatchback?
 
Toble

Toble

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FooFighter said:
coobeastie said:
Was it bus driver?
Or, as I would like to think..... some tosser in a wanked-up hatchback?
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Don't think it was a taxi driver :P
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oooooh handbags!

besides, it would be crapped-out saloon, not wanked-up hatchback.
 
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cookie_monster

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d'oh! thatll teach me to check...i put a link to the same story in the stafford news thread...if admin could delete it, that would be lovely.

not being funny, but those shelters dont really look very sturdy and im guessing the bus that clipped it cant have been going exactly fast so it would seem to highlight quite how rubbish they are!


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Scuttlingb

Jacquie
Well, it was a bus. The low down on the whole story is that the bus stops along that section are TOO close to the edge of the road. This is the 6th time that this shelter has been hit. The police are launching an investigation as to why they were erected so close to the kerb.
 
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Scuttlingb

Jacquie
cookie_monster said:
not being funny, but those shelters dont really look very sturdy and im guessing the bus that clipped it cant have been going exactly fast so it would seem to highlight quite how rubbish they are!


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Exactly, they're only in the ground by about 4" and all aluminium.
 
henryscat

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Guess they'll be having a chat to Adshel then....!

Scuttlingb said:
Well, it was a bus. The low down on the whole story is that the bus stops along that section are TOO close to the edge of the road. This is the 6th time that this shelter has been hit. The police are launching an investigation as to why they were erected so close to the kerb.
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wildwood

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So it's the big 10 foot high inanimate object that's been there a few years at fault then and not the bus driver? :roll:

Next time someone crashes into a tree on a lane I can see..... "Tree grown too close to road" story.... yeah right! ;)
 
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Lunar Scorpion

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wildwood said:
So it's the big 10 foot high inanimate object that's been there a few years at fault then and not the bus driver? :roll:

Next time someone crashes into a tree on a lane I can see..... "Tree grown too close to road" story.... yeah right! ;)
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LOL... Bus shelters don't just pop up on their own! Trees grow wherever they like (unless someone planted them - and even then I imagine it's difficult to place the tree exactly)...
 
henryscat

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I guess the issue is that buses have a considerable front over-hang, and if approaching the kerb at the stop at a sharp angle, the front of the bus might swing over the kerb at the point just before the bus is straightened parallel to the kerb.
 
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Scuttlingb

Jacquie
henryscat said:
I guess the issue is that buses have a considerable front over-hang, and if approaching the kerb at the stop at a sharp angle, the front of the bus might swing over the kerb at the point just before the bus is straightened parallel to the kerb.
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Got it in ONE. In order to get close enough to the kerb to pick up the passengers when you come in at a tight angle you need to overhang the kerb and if the shelters are too close then this is the result. Granted that the majority of drivers manage this without any problem now and again the angle is just too steep and the bus stop gets it. This particular stop has only been there for about 6 months to replace the last one that was knocked down. The overhang on the top of the shelter is what the bus catches because you're watching the kerb. It's all very complicated :strange:
 
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Edd209

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hmmm so called proffesional drivers?
wonder what would happen if they introduced double deckers back in stafford?
i know poeple make mistakes but i was under the impression that these were highly trained drivers.
 
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