| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 21:15 - Dec 12 with 3322 views | Glastonbury |
Driver all day long very bad judgement |  | |  |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 21:17 - Dec 12 with 3311 views | Fireboy2 |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 21:05 - Dec 12 by raynor94 |
He obviously knew the height of his vehicle, and the max headroom was on the bridge. Why on earth did he carry on? |
This ^
Its totally the drivers responsibility, if was given another route he should have been more aware.
I often drive high vehicles and i am like a fvcking meercat observing bridges and tunnels warning signs. |  | | |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 21:30 - Dec 12 with 3285 views | Catullus |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 21:08 - Dec 12 by exiledclaseboy |
Perhaps he forgot what he was driving and was confused by an unusual route? Alternatively, he may have been taken ill at the wheel. Clearly he made a mistake and is ultimately responsible but he’s nit public enemy number one. He’s a bus driver who f*cked up with awful consequences. |
Well no, not public enemy number one but if that passenger with life threatening injuries dies? He has to live with the consequences of (at least) driving without due care and attention. He'll probably not drive a bus again.
Until we know the full facts maybe we shouldn't condemn him but when has the court of public opinion been fair?
I see drivers do batschit crazy things every day and get away with it, this driver made a bad error and is going to be a hot topic for days. | |
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| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 14:17 - Dec 23 with 3025 views | Fireboy2 |
Oh no, so sorry to hear that.
RIP Love. | | | |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 14:18 - Dec 23 with 3021 views | JimmyGilligan |
Someone's gonna be looking down the barrel at prison time for that |  | | |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 19:01 - Dec 23 with 2912 views | CountyJim |
Very sad news
My mother was a Paediatric sister in Royal Gwent and a double decker bus hit a bridge in pontypool area years back she had to deal with a lot of child deaths that day it always stayed with her |  | | |
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| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 22:25 - Dec 23 with 2831 views | exhmrc1 |
It is hard to understand why a bus driver for 42 years would drive a 14 or 15 foot high bus into a low bridge of 11 foot unless something happened like the brakes failing or having a blackout or something. | | | |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 22:41 - Dec 23 with 2803 views | Dr_Winston |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 22:25 - Dec 23 by exhmrc1 |
It is hard to understand why a bus driver for 42 years would drive a 14 or 15 foot high bus into a low bridge of 11 foot unless something happened like the brakes failing or having a blackout or something. |
Don't think we'll ever really know what happened. It's like that case in Glasgow where a bin lorry driver ploughed into a load of people.
Might have been incompetence, might have been a total brain fart. In any case I've got little but sympathy for all involved. |  |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 01:09 - Dec 24 with 2717 views | Jack123 |
Terrible news..R.I.P that young lady, dreadful. :( |  |
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| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 06:18 - Dec 24 with 2634 views | Glastonbury |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 19:01 - Dec 23 by CountyJim |
Very sad news
My mother was a Paediatric sister in Royal Gwent and a double decker bus hit a bridge in pontypool area years back she had to deal with a lot of child deaths that day it always stayed with her |
1982 6 died 3 men 3 women. Crashed in Cardiff an route to porthcawl for day. Packed with kids | | | |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 07:10 - Dec 24 with 2560 views | dickythorpe |
A tragedy. Very sad news. |  | | |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 09:26 - Dec 24 with 2473 views | ladyjack |
Awful sad news, terrible for the people involved. |  | | |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 09:59 - Dec 24 with 2437 views | SgorioFruit |
is it time to call an end to double decker buses then?
I imagine that would be a tough call for a place like London. |  |
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| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 10:26 - Dec 24 with 2388 views | exiledclaseboy |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 22:41 - Dec 23 by Dr_Winston |
Don't think we'll ever really know what happened. It's like that case in Glasgow where a bin lorry driver ploughed into a load of people.
Might have been incompetence, might have been a total brain fart. In any case I've got little but sympathy for all involved. |
The Glasgow case is a matter of public record since the inquiry. He passed out at the wheel due to a number of pre existing medical conditions that he failed to tell his employers or the authorities about. |  |
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| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 14:05 - Dec 24 with 2314 views | Highjack |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 09:59 - Dec 24 by SgorioFruit |
is it time to call an end to double decker buses then?
I imagine that would be a tough call for a place like London. |
Could just ban bridges? |  |
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| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 14:41 - Dec 24 with 2267 views | Dr_Winston |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 14:05 - Dec 24 by Highjack |
Could just ban bridges? |
John Terry likes this. | |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 14:30 - Dec 25 with 1985 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 14:05 - Dec 24 by Highjack |
Could just ban bridges? |
Or do like they have in Gowerton - have a sign with sensors which trigger flashing signs alerting the driver his vehicle is oversized and to use another route |  |
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| Double decker hits bridge off Neath Road on 14:57 - Dec 25 with 1970 views | AnotherJohn |
No excuse for what was obviously a horrendous mistake. However, in trying to understand the driver's miscalculation, I wonder whether the fact that there are two bridges close together came into it. Coming from the City centre the first was high enough to let the bus pass, but not the second. Very sad. What must have been an exciting academic visit to our city cost this poor woman her life. | | | |
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