Comments on: Bus passengers dive to avoid decapitation http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:08:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hhopper http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1464029 hhopper Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:22:10 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1464029 The driver was just another ninety percenter. The driver was just another ninety percenter.

]]> By: Improbus http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1464019 Improbus Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:01:24 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1464019 @10 - springfield tom It would be easier and safer just to have the computers drive the car. That way the idiot human that is to stupid to read road signs won't cause an accident. @10 – springfield tom

It would be easier and safer just to have the computers drive the car. That way the idiot human that is to stupid to read road signs won’t cause an accident.

]]> By: Ron Larson http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1463962 Ron Larson Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:16:36 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1463962 An instant convertible. An instant convertible.

]]> By: springfield_tom http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1463944 springfield_tom Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:39:16 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1463944 #7 I'm hoping GPS will mature to include locations of such things as bridge heights. You'd setup the GPS with your vehicle's height and then be forewarned (audio) if approaching danger. Also I'd like to be notified of speed limit changes. Often I'm speeding because I miss the road signs. #7 I’m hoping GPS will mature to include locations of such things as bridge heights. You’d setup the GPS with your vehicle’s height and then be forewarned (audio) if approaching danger. Also I’d like to be notified of speed limit changes. Often I’m speeding because I miss the road signs.

]]> By: deowll http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1463939 deowll Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:28:46 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1463939 The driver is lucky the passengers didn't put him in a lot more than shock. If they hadn't reacted fast he'd have killed them all. The driver is lucky the passengers didn’t put him in a lot more than shock. If they hadn’t reacted fast he’d have killed them all.

]]> By: Digby http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1463923 Digby Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:41:31 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1463923 About five years ago, a converted bus (hippie bus) was driving through the Broadway Tunnel in SF. The bus had an upper level, and an open observation dome. There was plenty of room inside the tunnel as the happy woman rode through with her cute little head sticking out, enjoying the foul exhaust laden air. Unfortunately, at the East end of the tunnel, there is a boxy section which hangs down about six feet lower than the rest of the ceiling. It is tile lined, as is the rest of the tunnel, but on this day, some of those tiles cracked. Messy. I don't think the rest of the Hippies in the bus had a good day, either. About five years ago, a converted bus (hippie bus) was driving through the Broadway Tunnel in SF. The bus had an upper level, and an open observation dome. There was plenty of room inside the tunnel as the happy woman rode through with her cute little head sticking out, enjoying the foul exhaust laden air. Unfortunately, at the East end of the tunnel, there is a boxy section which hangs down about six feet lower than the rest of the ceiling. It is tile lined, as is the rest of the tunnel, but on this day, some of those tiles cracked. Messy. I don’t think the rest of the Hippies in the bus had a good day, either.

]]> By: Paddy-O http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1463915 Paddy-O Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:24:26 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1463915 I wonder if he was blindly following a GPS? I wonder if he was blindly following a GPS?

]]> By: AdmFubar http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1463913 AdmFubar Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:20:46 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1463913 wonders where the safest seat is on a double decker bus??? wonders where the safest seat is on a double decker bus???

]]> By: Bill the Traveler http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1463893 Bill the Traveler Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:58:56 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1463893 There was a slogan of an American bus lines " Travel Greyhound see the world" That is if you get there There was a slogan of an American bus lines ” Travel Greyhound see the world”
That is if you get there

]]> By: tcc3 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1463890 tcc3 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:23:24 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1463890 And the right hand drive bus. =) Ok, hes been properly chastised, lets leave him alone. And the right hand drive bus. =)

Ok, hes been properly chastised, lets leave him alone.

]]> By: scott http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1463880 scott Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:08:52 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1463880 #1 check the link, its a .co.uk, give you a clue ? #1 check the link, its a .co.uk, give you a clue ?

]]> By: Alan http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1463878 Alan Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1463878 Newcastle is actually quite a clue. You just have to know where to look. Such as, at a map of England. Newcastle is actually quite a clue. You just have to know where to look. Such as, at a map of England.

]]> By: Glenn E. http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/02/bus-passengers-dive-to-avoid-decapitation/comment-page-1/#comment-1463875 Glenn E. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:22:45 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=35449#comment-1463875 Not exactly sure where this happened. Even the source article does say what country it is. "Newcastle" isn't much of a clue. I'm betting the real reason for the accident was an under trained driver. Who was unfamiliar with operating such a tall bus. So he didn't allow for the reduced roof clearance. The local government probably thought there were saving money, not retraining a standard bus drive, how to handle the double decker model. Not exactly sure where this happened. Even the source article does say what country it is. “Newcastle” isn’t much of a clue. I’m betting the real reason for the accident was an under trained driver. Who was unfamiliar with operating such a tall bus. So he didn’t allow for the reduced roof clearance. The local government probably thought there were saving money, not retraining a standard bus drive, how to handle the double decker model.

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